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Energy Insiders Podcast: How companies and states rescued wind and solar

The 2020 calendar year was expected to be a poor one for new wind and solar investment in Australia, but a combination of corporate and state government demand rescued the market. Chris Briggs, from BRC-A, explains why.

Plus, all the news of the week.

And you can find previous editions of the Energy Insiders Podcast here, or on your favourite podcast platform.

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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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