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Energy Insiders Podcast: 100% renewables? Let’s do 700% renewables!

ARENA chief executive Darren Miller joins the Energy Insiders podcast to discuss the potential of renewable hydrogen if it can replace the LNG market, and why 700GW of wind and solar may not be beyond the realm of possibilities,

That wouldn’t be 100% renewables, it would be 700% renewables, and the side-product would be an abundant supply of cheap wind and solar power for the domestic economy.

Miller also discusses the transition to a decentralised, democratised and consumer-focused grid, and the priorities of ARENA’s funding – hydrogen, grid integration and industry and processing, and the question of ARENA’s long term future.

You can read the story accompanying the interview in more detail here, and listen to the podcast here, or on your favourite platform.

Please also check out our series of The Driven podcasts, including presentations from the recent Electric Vehicle Transition conference. The future of EVs may not be what you expect!

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Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.

Energy Insiders Podcast

Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week's main events - politics, solar and storage.

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