Energy Insiders Podcast: Mining industry turns to wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen

This week’s episode is a special “live” podcast recorded at the Energy and Mines conference in Perth, where it has been clear that the mining industry is about to embark on a huge shift in energy supply, dumping diesel and gas for wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen

This episode features Sunshift general manager Will Rayward-Smith, Clean Energy Council region advisor Dermot Costello, Oakley Greenwood principal consultant Emily Alford, and Capricon Metals’ chief operating officer Peter Thompson.

You can find this and more episodes of Energy Insiders, as well as our other podcasts including the EV-focused The Driven and Solar Insiders here or on your favourite podcast platform.

Solaray is a proud sponsor of Energy Insiders
Solaray is a proud sponsor of Energy Insiders
wattwatchers is a proud sponsor of Energy Insiders

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.

Share

Recent Posts

Equis founders extend winning formula to new “highly focused” Australian renewables outfit

Renewable energy developer launches new, wholly owned subsidiary that will continue to progress its 2.5…

21 May 2026

Big battery seals lifetime service deal as it sizes up to meet market and regulatory demands

Big battery signs 20-year service deal to meet its market and regulatory obligations, including the…

21 May 2026

As Australia votes for landmark UN climate resolution, Coalition urges fossil industry to “bare its knuckles”

The climate wars are back: On one side of politics there is no sign they…

21 May 2026

Miners, microgrids, EVs and other loads: New inverter technologies take battery storage to new markets

Chinese power giant Sungrow unveils a series of new storage and micro-grid technologies, including a…

21 May 2026

How Australia’s most advanced renewables state has dropped the ball on the gas network death spiral

Regulator warns that the complete lack of policies to guide this state's customer transition away…

21 May 2026

Largest solar-battery financing deal just the tip of the iceberg, as bankers pile into fashionable hybrids

First of its kind financing platform has room for more giant solar and battery hybrids,…

21 May 2026