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Energy Insiders Podcast: Ted, Chris, nuclear and long term storage

What we learned from Ted O’Brien, Chris Bowen and everyone else at the CEC summit. Plus: Hydrostor’s Jon Norman on why advance compressed air storage is beating pumped hydro, and why even nuclear needs lots of storage.

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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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