Texas blackouts have lessons for Australia. As climate impacts grow, new market reforms are introduced, and more battery storage comes into the grid.

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What does Texas mean for Australia’s grid reform?

Ausgrid says one-fifth of the NSW storage target could be met with community batteries located in streets in suburbs.

Batteries in the street: the new face of storage

Can AGL survive the rapid energy transition, what does the new CEO mean for Australia’s grid, and more big batteries.

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

Battery storage and other technologies are likely to take on all the system services once delivered by fossil fuel generators. Stephen Sproul from Hitachi ABB explains how.

Can batteries rule the grid?

The uptake of rooftop solar has defied the expectations of energy utilities, but networks now see it and battery storage as the key to their future. Ausnet’s Alistair Parker explains why.

Why networks now love solar and battery storage

A new conservative think tank proposes an orderly and faster closure plan for coal generators. Can conservatives really get on board the energy transition?

Missing link: Can conservatives embrace energy transition?

In a world of ageing coal clunkers and big dreams of renewable energy exports, we speak to Josh Gabbatiss from Carbon Brief about the potential for green hydrogen.

How good is green hydrogen?

A combination of corporate and state government demand rescued many wind and solar projects in 2020. Chris Briggs explains why.

How companies and states rescued wind and solar

We talk to UQ’s EV specialist Jake Whitehead about the impact of the proposed electric vehicle road tax, and look at the contest of ideas between NSW and Canberra, and more big battery and green hydrogen announcements.

EV taxes, big batteries and green hydrogen

NSW energy minister Matt Kean explains why the state is fast-tracking plans to transition from coal to renewables. Plus: Australia’s newest big battery, and very big green hydrogen plans.

Matt Kean and the NSW energy transition

Tilt Renewables CEO Deion Campbell explains why wind farms are better value than solar right now, and challenges at Dundonnell. Plus: Big renewable visions from NSW and Fortescue.

Why wind is better value than solar

The head of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Ian Learmonth, expects a “raft” of battery storage deals, but says role of CEFC in new gas generation is “debatable”.

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

China has set a net zero emissions target, which ultimately means the closure of the biggest coal fleet in the world. China coal expert Ryna Yiyun Cui from the University of Maryland explains how this might be done.

Can China wean itself off coal?

Rick Francis, CEO of network investor Spark Infrastructure, explains why networks are key to the clean energy transition. And it’s not just poles and wires.

Why network companies want to move beyond poles and wires

In her first interview since announcing her surprise decision to leave AEMO, Audrey Zibelman explains why she took the position with Google’s X, and what’s next for Australia’s clean energy transition.

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

Join RenewEconomy founder and editor 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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