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Energy Insiders Podcast: Why network companies want to move beyond poles and wires

Rick Francis, CEO of network investor Spark Infrastructure, joins the Energy Insiders podcast to explain why networks are key to the clean energy transition.

And it’s not just poles and wires. Spark, with investments in networks in Victoria and South Australia, and the transmission company Transgrid, is also looking at big batteries, small batteries, and more solar and wind farms.

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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