You know electric vehicles are entering the mainstream when they form a major highlight of solar expos. Nigel Morris tells us what he found at Munich’s Intersolar event.
Podcasts
Energy Insiders Podcast: The good and bad from Australia’s big grid
We look at the generator report card on how the grid is dealing with the present and shaping for the future. Plus: Lights out at Loy Yang A unit, while AGL looks to the future with telcos.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Oliver Yates and what the public doesn’t know
Former CEFC boss Oliver Yates talks about lessons from his recent Kooyong campaign and why the renewables sector needs to get its messaging right.
Energy Insiders: Shuffling jokers as sea levels rise
Morrison shuffles cards, and sea level expert John Englander explains why oceans are rising more quickly than expected.
Solar Insiders Podcast: Is Australia now un-investible for big solar?
The shock-waves from the Coalition election win are being felt beyond Australia’s shores. Nigel Morris reports back from Intersolar in Munich and why some big developers are changing their plans, and abandoning Queensland altogether.
Energy Insiders Podcast: What’s the future for renewables in Australia?
Is Australia’s clean energy transition about to come to a crashing halt, or just hit a pause as the Coalition turns focus to coal? Clean Energy Council’s Kane Thornton discusses Morrison’s big win.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia goes to the polls
Peter Lewis from Essential Media on the likely outcomes in Saturday’s federal election, the role of climate and energy policy and the rise of the independents.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s place in the global solar market
Ivan Higuearas, the international head of Gransolar, discusses why Australia is a global solar hot-spot, if we get the rules and policies right, and some interesting ideas about battery storage.
Solar Insiders Podcast: What is going on in Queensland?
Confusion and frustration in the Sunshine state as the government seeks to justify new rules that will add costs to solar farms and make some installations impossible.
Energy Insiders Podcast: Have regulators gone too far on “system strength”?
Power systems expert Bruce Miller questions why new wind and solar plants are required to install synchronous condensers, and questions other regulatory thinking about frequency and voltage.









