Energy Insiders Podcast: Why Tasmania wants to be battery of the nation

Hydro Tasmania CEO Stephen Davy joins the Energy Insiders podcast to discuss his hopes for the hydro-dominated island state to become the “battery of the nation”, and to help out Victoria when its brown coal generators stop production.

That proposal includes a new transmission link across Bass Strait, new pumped hydro facilities and more wind generation. And a rivalry with the proposed Snowy 2.0 scheme.

Plus: We catch up the news of the week.

You can also catch our interview with AGL’s head of distributed energy, Dominique van den Berg, and how the country’s biggest coal generator sees the transition to EVs, household solar and battery storage.

You can find previous editions of the Energy Insiders Podcast here, or on your favourite podcast platform.

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Comments

3 responses to “Energy Insiders Podcast: Why Tasmania wants to be battery of the nation”

  1. Glenn Avatar
    Glenn

    Battery of the Nation might be ready in 2028…
    oh take your time, she’ll be right, no hurry or anything
    /s

  2. JackD Avatar
    JackD

    More talk and not a whole lot of action…

  3. solarguy Avatar
    solarguy

    David it would have been better to hire a generator rather than an office. Could have killed two birds with one stone.

    Up stairs for thinking mate!

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