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Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar

Rio Tinto’s Vik Selvaraja on why Australia’s biggest smelters – and biggest single energy consumers – are choosing wind and solar. Plus: Coalition’s nuclear nonsense.

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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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