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The man who saved solar and helped kill coal

2

Electric trucks are profitable, but diesel struggles

3

Chris Bowen on renewable target, wind delays, EVs and electrification

4

Batteries take centre stage as world wrestles with fuel crisis

5

Why wind projects are stalled at the gate

6

Is fuel rationing inevitable?

7

The remarkable story of Australia's first community-owned solar farm

8

Why batteries are the answer to nearly everything

9

How the world's fourth biggest economy plans to reach 100 pct clean energy

10

The revolution in electric trucking

11

Special episode: How to close down oil and gas

12

China’s clean energy surge reshapes coal, oil and the grid

13

The rise of the flexible grid: How industry, AI and data centres are reshaping demand

14

Why batteries are getting bigger and marrying solar

15

Malcolm Turnbull on hydro, LNP, One Nation and Trump

16

"We are not all crazy" - the climate and clean energy battle in Trumps's America

17

Our oceans are heating and we are still burning coal

18

Is the wind drought over?

19

A blueprint to quit coal, and go green

20

No spin needed for renewable gold rush

21

Origin CEO Frank Calabria's big energy vision

22

Are Labor's environmental laws any good?

23

Where the bloody hell is our super?

24

The future of wind energy

25

Social licence in New England, and a sea of household batteries

26

Data centres, batteries, gas and SMRs

27

Fortescue's bold charge to real zero by 2030

28

Managing the backbone of the grid

29

Chris Bowen on coal, renewables, EVs and UN

30

Australia, China and a big week for V2G

31

Is Australia’s emissions target good enough?

32

Time to go "full sail" on decarbonisation

33

"We had to innovate to survive"

34

AGL's struggle with coal

35

Data centres and the grid

36

Regional communities and the renewable gold rush

37

Lifting the lid on the Nelson Review

38

The making of Australia's biggest battery

39

What is Australia going to do now?

40

Greasing the wheels of net zero

41

Lily D'Ambrosio and the fight against vested interests

42

Why we need more big batteries

43

Australia's new green bank

44

The changing dynamics of battery storage

45

All about electric planes

46

Changing the grid, one Tesla battery at a time

47

Dealing with the gas death spiral

48

Offshore wind gets ready for auction

49

The path to ultra low cost solar

50

"I just want energy to be boring."

51

Tilt hones in on wind and batteries

52

The view from inside the gas industry

53

China and green steel

54

Electric trucks and buses and the grid

55

Big leap forward for batteries on wheels

56

Turbines and batteries: GE Vernova’s plans to help electrify Australia

57

Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind

58

A cheaper way to host wind and solar

59

The tipping point in solar and battery storage

60

Donald Trump’s war on climate, energy and science

61

The low down on grid and EV batteries

62

Special Episode: Australia’s green hydrogen hope

63

Market changes could come quickly

64

Why is the green energy transition made to sound so hard?

65

Are renewables back on track?

66

Energy industry gets ready for election

67

"I don’t know if we can adapt”

68

Chris Bowen on renewables, emissions, EVs, and nuclear

69

Dutton’s high stakes, low sense nuclear plan

70

CSIRO slaps down Coalition nuclear power play

71

Solar is not the enemy

72

Getting the best out of the grid

73

Changing the rules of the energy game

74

Why batteries on wheels will be the next big thing

75

Trump is back, and the frog is still boiling

76

How to replace gas

77

From zero to renewable hero in 20 years

78

The trouble with markets

79

A spring full of renewable and battery records

80

Even hydro is moving beyond baseload

81

How to get demand response out of the grid

82

The end of baseload

83

Rent-seeking and net zero

84

The rapidly changing climate

85

Should networks be more than poles and wires?

86

The search for equity

87

Managing the trauma of grid expansion

88

A civil war over renewables?

89

Here comes the sun

90

The extraordinary solar and battery boom in the Texas oil state

91

Ted, Chris, nuclear and long term storage

92

The problem with higher costs and longer delays

93

Batteries on wheels are coming

94

China rules on EVs, solar, everything

95

Homes, electric cars and the grid

96

The rapidly changing grid

97

Is there a problem with renewables?

98

Asean super grid, and a question over storage

99

Eraring coal extension and nuclear fantasies

100

Bigging up the grid

101

Hydrogen hopeful's big funding win

102

Victoria's big bet on offshore wind

103

Chris Bowen explains the green energy plan

104

The renewable challenge in south-east Asia

105

China, China, China

106

Is there a smarter way to transmit power?

107

Managing solar ducks in the middle of Australia

108

Would you trust your utility to control your solar?

109

Australia’s biggest smelters flick switch to wind and solar

110

The push for coal to play off the bench

111

The boom in wind energy

112

Podcast special: How to make offshore wind work in Australia

113

The battery domino effect

114

Renewable energy barriers and curtailment

115

The climate crisis and the energy transition

116

AEMO’s blueprint for wind, solar and storage

117

Will Chris Bowen’s capacity scheme actually work?

118

Victoria’s SEC and its first big battery play

119

Macquarie marches in to Australian renewables

120

AI, inverters and a smarter grid

121

Bowen's capacity scheme, and NSW's "free" batteries

122

State of confusion

123

Wind, solar, batteries and pumps

124

The end of spinning machines

125

South Australia's big move into green hydrogen

126

Australia’s methane problem

127

Social licence in the regions

128

What price Marinus?

129

Net Zero by 2035

130

The end of baseload in world’s biggest standalone grid

131

Coal-keeper or Green-keeper?

132

Locking in the Green Energy Transition

133

Out with coal, in with EVs

134

Are heat batteries the next big thing?

135

Wind, solar and social licence

136

What Australia can learn from Uncle IRA

137

Australia's biggest agri-solar and battery project

138

The path to net zero for industry

139

Landmark green hydrogen deal with traditional landowners

140

Chris Bowen on climate and renewable targets

141

Hottest day, hottest week, hottest month

142

BlackRock’s big play, and 12-hour batteries

143

Australia’s rise as an electro-state

144

From brown coal to big batteries

145

Australia’s grid needs a 1.5°C target

146

Can NSW quit coal?

147

How to connect wind, solar and batteries

148

Are we too focused on big energy?

149

EVs and big batteries on the march

150

Batteries and pumped hydro fight over coal succession plan

151

In love with wind, solar and batteries

152

Sims to lead Superpower info war

153

Wind and solar deal killer blow to fossil fuels

154

Smarter grid means a cleaner grid

155

How big will offshore wind be?

156

Moving wind and solar through time and space

157

What price solar and storage?

158

Game changer for networks and renewables

159

Will concentrated solar finally have its day in the sun?

160

The Australian solar heroes bringing down coal and gas

161

Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up?

162

Energy Transformed: Amping up - Victoria's energy transition; a crucial 12 months ahead

163

Do we have enough lithium?

164

Chris Bowen on gas, batteries, EVs, wind and targets

165

The road to 100 per cent renewables

166

Andrew Forrest’s big Australian power play

167

Biden’s tax-driven push for ultra low cost wind and solar

168

Australia’s carbon capital has a transition plan

169

“Fit for 55”: EU climate package could tax Australia

170

Brookfield’s $20 billion green energy plans

171

Solar tiles and electric Tuk Tuks

172

Ørsted’s big power play in Australia

173

Victoria’s big switch to 95 pct renewables

174

Storage and the future of the grid

175

Cost and scale of renewables

176

De Brenni on Queensland flip to renewables

177

How to make buildings green and efficient

178

Australia will soon treat Co2 as a pollutant

179

Climate bill, Snowy and the case for a strategic reserve

180

How much storage is needed for 100% renewables?

181

Gravity storage and shipping green hydrogen - hype or hope

182

Climate and community independents have their sway

183

Australia’s dirty fuel scandal

184

Why this should be Australia's last energy crisis

185

Can offshore wind float in Australia

186

Big solar and even bigger batteries

187

Wind, solar and storage win transition race

188

Federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen

189

Australia's rapid transition to renewables

190

Smart technologies, flawed markets

191

The energy crisis … and offshore wind

192

Energy Transformed Podcast | The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges

193

The Future of Energy Systems: Digital and Data Challenges

194

How to connect all that wind, solar and storage

195

Deep dive into Australia’s coal and gas crisis

196

No more coal and gas mines, says Bandt

197

Why Australia risks falling behind on green energy

198

AGL, MCB and smart inverters

199

2°C? It’s already nearly too late

200

The lop-sided battle for climate independents

201

Can Europe survive without Russia’s gas?

202

Fortescue’s grand green energy plans

203

Origin’s big shift from baseload

204

Victoria's big offshore wind plans

205

Snowy Hydro and the missing links

206

Mike Cannon-Brookes and closing coal

207

EVs and the grid

208

EnergyAustralia and the end of coal

209

Green transition and greenwash

210

Future of green steel and green aluminium

211

Vestas head winds up on transition

212

Say goodbye to coal

213

Hazelwood transition from dirty coal plant to big battery

214

The case for pumped hydro

215

The green energy transition as seen from Japan

216

Energy Transformed: How close is the green economy?

217

Australia will pay high price for Morrison’s lack of leadership

218

Why batteries could beat pumped hydro on long storage

219

Mike Cannon-Brookes on the green energy future

220

Grid batteries up for electric buses

221

Australia can hit 91 pct renewables in a decade, and keep the lights on

222

Alinta’s big Pilbara and offshore wind plays

223

Europe’s gas crisis

224

Sun Cable, Hornsdale, and social licence

225

Energy Transformed: Can batteries take charge of the grid?

226

Tasmania has big green plans, can it deliver?

227

Pole position: Networks want more battery storage

228

Do we want to keep coal, or move on?

229

Taylor’s Coalkeeper subsidy, and lessons from US

230

Replacing coal with renewables in south-east Asia

231

Will IPCC overcome Morrison’s prosperity doctrine?

232

Can Australia break its wind and solar investment drought?

233

New AEMO boss Daniel Westerman

234

How quickly can we got to 100% renewables

235

AEMO’s 100pct renewables plan, and the view from Japan

236

Batteries accelerating shift to renewables

237

Chris Bowen on Labor’s policies, not targets climate pitch

238

Why farmers want action on climate

239

Green hydrogen in mines

240

Australia’s biggest wind farm takes shape

241

Shell Australia’s big power play

242

A new wind and solar investment drought

243

Why green ammonia could be Australia’s next big export

244

Changing the world with solar, batteries and EVs

245

Why inverters are key to a renewables grid

246

Kerry Schott on the post-2025 market reform

247

Solar and wind driving fastest ever energy transition

248

Australia’s first offshore wind farm

249

The future of batteries, EVs and hydrogen

250

AGL’s Brett Redman on the big company split

251

Solar tax: AEMC’s Benn Barr on new export rule

252

Solar eclipse, and can EVs really provide storage on wheels

253

Yallourn, Angus Taylor and the Enegy transition in Newcastle

254

Adam Bandt’s climate and energy action plan

255

What does Texas mean for Australia’s grid reform?

256

Batteries in the street: the new face of storage

257

AGL’s survival plan, and AEMO’s new boss

258

Can batteries rule the grid?

259

Why networks now love solar and battery storage

260

Missing link: Can conservatives embrace energy transition?

261

How good is green hydrogen?

262

How companies and states rescued wind and solar

263

EV taxes, big batteries and green hydrogen

264

Matt Kean and the NSW energy transition

265

Why wind is better value than solar

266

CEFC sees “raft” of battery deals, but gas “debatable”

267

Can China wean itself off coal?

268

Why network companies want to move beyond poles and wires

269

Zibelman on why she is leaving, and AEMO’s next steps

270

The windy west, and network news

271

Zibelman, Schott and the “step change” transition

272

Tesla’s battery revolution, CCS, and the climate emergency

273

Coalition’s gas plans, changing ARENA into ACCSA, and Battery Day

274

Lynham: Our future is renewable energy

275

It’s going to be a quick transition, and markets need to change

276

The clean energy transition, and how to connect it

277

State of inertia and potential for grid-forming inverters

278

Garnaut’s Sunshot to renewables future

279

Why WA and miners can lead transition to wind and solar

280

Angus Taylor tries to bury energy transition under cloak of secrecy

281

Solar exports: More sun for everyone

282

Digital, distributed and democratic: The new energy future

283

Energy minister Matt Kean’s vision for NSW to be renewable superpower

284

Electric vehicles: Can the world catch up with Tesla?

285

Batteries as virtual dams, and virtual transmission

286

Telstra dials up pursuit of 100 per cent renewables target

287

Sun Cable’s $20 billion solar and storage plan

288

Could Market Forces bring an end to coal and gas?

289

How to integrate 75 per cent wind and solar into Australia’s main grid

290

Transgrid and the new links to the future grid

291

Why green hydrogen beats coal hydrogen

292

Why WA could take lead in renewable energy transition

293

Australia’s rapid and low cost path to zero emissions

294

The plan behind Australia’s biggest wind farm

295

Covid-19 and the electricity grid

296

How to waste $1 trillion on coal

297

Two paths towards 100% renewables

298

How to design a market for high renewables grid

299

Victoria goes it alone to save renewable transition

300

There’s no “new normal” in climate change

301

Can Steggall bridge the climate divide?

302

Australia’s biggest unsubsidised battery

303

Australia’s energy future is renewable, and digital

304

Why networks really like wind and solar

305

Why Tasmania wants to be battery of the nation

306

Australia should be world leader in “base-cost” renewables

307

World’s biggest solar farm, and biggest battery

308

Carbon price takes toll on coal generators in Europe

309

Ross Garnaut and why Australia can be a renewable superpower

310

CleanCo pumps up for Queensland duck curve

311

Where will CEFC spend its remaining billions?

312

Australia’s future grid? You decide

313

100% renewables? Let’s do 700% renewables!

314

View from China: Climate and carbon markets

315

Is this the end of the wind and solar boom?

316

Let’s not forget climate science

317

It’s all about dispatchability

318

Humans are too slow for wind, solar and batteries

319

On the road to a decarbonised grid

320

Alinta’s vision of a rapid transition to clean energy

321

Snowy Hydro in the spotlight

322

Coalition’s revenge on RET, Labor’s solar stumble

323

Does demand response spell the end for dirty peakers?

324

Behind Northern Territory’s 10GW solar plans

325

Where to now for battery storage?

326

An audience with the Rottnest wind turbine

327

Mining industry turns to wind, solar, batteries and hydrogen

328

The good and bad from Australia’s big grid

329

Oliver Yates and what the public doesn't know

330

Energy Insiders: Shuffling jokers as sea levels rise

331

What’s the future for renewables in Australia?

332

Australia goes to the polls

333

Australia’s place in the global solar market

334

Have regulators gone too far on "system strength”?

335

Renew Estate’s very big storage play

336

How to electrify the world with renewables

337

Butler says Labor will move quickly on climate and energy

338

Pilbara wind and solar will be cheapest power in Asia

339

Coalition’s coal reality check, and Shell’s big electric plans

340

EnergyAustralia explains why wind and solar will be “bedrock" of Australia’s grid

341

Why pulling down polls and wires is a good idea

342

Coalition’s fake news on climate and energy

343

Simec Energy and ScoMo’s big hydro pump

344

100 per cent renewables: Is California dreaming?

345

AGL CEO Brett Redman on Australia’s “massive” energy transition

346

50% renewables: Too much, too soon? Or too slow?

347

Oliver Yates takes on Josh Frydenberg

348

How Texas managed influx of renewables

349

Smart Energy and the first year of the Tesla big battery

350

Mark Butler on Labor’s energy and climate policy

351

Victoria’s poll win and Labor’s energy plan

352

Ivor Frischknecht and the transition to 100% renewables

353

Momentum Energy CEO Amy Childs

354

Which Australian companies will go 100 per cent renewable?

355

Why big business is flowing into wind and solar

356

Coalswarm - Tracking coal plants by satellite

357

Energy Insiders podcast special: “live” from All Energy

358

Origin’s Greg Jarvis on why renewables are cheaper than coal

359

Debunking anti-renewable myths and "fair dinkum" power

360

EVs, transport emissions and the overwhelming case for renewables

361

Battery storage subsidies and SA energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan

362

Would conservatives try to stop clean energy if it wasn’t about emissions?

363

The future of pumped hydro

364

What Angus Taylor means for energy

365

Lily D’Ambrosio and the big solar deal

366

The good news from CoAG

367

Game of Tone’s - Winter is Coming

368

CEC on the spot over NEG

369

Straw-man arguments for NEG

370

AEMO’S Audrey Zibelman

371

NSW Labor sets course on renewables

372

The future of EVs

373

Tasmania’s battery of the nation

374

NEG: Devil in the detail

375

Labor’s Mark Butler on the NEG and electric vehicles

376

NSW coal, solar and Josh’s targets

377

Dispatchable solar: Just add water

378

South Australia charges up for storage

379

AEMO chief executive Audrey Zibelman

380

Why WA may lead world on micro-grids

381

ERM Power CEO Jon Stretch

382

The $20 billion Pilbara renewables hub

383

Blockchain for energy: Good or bad?

384

What next for energy policy?

385

NEG unplugged, and Tesla’s big rival

386

Future of storage in the US

387

ACT’s power play on NEG

388

World of wind and solar

389

South Australia hollers for a Marshall

390

The network that wants more solar

391

The shape of activism

392

Sonnen’s battery plans for Australia

393

Jay Weatherill’s big energy vision

394

Wind, solar and storage

395

Powershop, Powerwalls and power plays

396

Electric vehicles: Fact or fiction?

397

2017. And what’s in store for 2018

398

Moving beyond base-load

399

Audrey Zibelman on the future of energy

400

Tesla big battery, and what gas price fall?

401

The future of storage

402

Renewables and efficiency: How they work together

403

Energy Insiders Special Edition: Disruptive Innovation Festival

404

California Leading

405

CEFC on NEG, battery storage and returns

406

Whyalla leads on consumer power

407

How wind, solar and storage will beat coal

408

The National Energy Guarantee unpacked

409

Australia’s peak stupid, China’s peak emissions

410

Will we run out of lithium?

411

South Australia’s big battery

412

Blockchain and blockheads

413

Liddell and Tomago road trip, and Murdoch fabrications.

414

Turnbull’s mystifying “Captain’s pick” on Liddell

415

AEMO’s big day on baseload

416

Victoria takes lead in renewables

417

Port Augusta’s ground breaking solar tower

418

Turnbull’s Kath and Kim moment on energy

419

Malcolm in an energy muddle

420

Tesla, energy price wars and smart energy

421

Micro-grids, peer-to-peer, and 100% renewables

422

COAG, Tesla, delusions and Alan Jones

423

Energy Visions: Mark Butler and Climate Wars

424

Why networks love Sonnen, and not generators

425

How does a network adapt to a modern grid?

426

Behind Goldwind’s stunning low wind contract

427

Simon Corbell on Finkel, VRET and storage

428

Finkel Review, the highs and lows

429

Solar’s big play, and Trump’s vandalism

430

The plunging cost of battery storage

431

Australia gets its mojo back

432

Wind energy’s record low

433

Wind and solar cancel gas transition

434

Turnbull's big gas play

435

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