Energy Insiders Podcast: Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy, and lessons from US

Angus Taylor is hell-bent on imposing a coal subsidy on Australia. We talk to S&P renewables analyst Adam Wilson about lessons from the US.

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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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