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Energy Insiders Podcast: What’s the future for renewables in Australia?

Is Australia’s clean energy transition about to come to a crashing halt, or just hit a pause as the Coalition turns focus to coal.

Clean Energy Council’s Kane Thornton joins Energy Insiders to discuss the surprising win to Scott Morrison, and the implications of a renewed mandate for the Coalition with a clean majority in parliament.

What is the future of the huge pipeline of wind and solar farms queuing for connections and contracts? What will be the role of the states? What happens if the Coalition’s commits to new coal projects as it has promised to do?

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.

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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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