Since we last covered Australia one year ago in Episode 39, a lot has changed\u2026it has deployed the largest utility-scale battery system in the world, made numerous technical upgrades to prevent future outages, and placed some incredible leaders in key agencies where they are working hard to accelerate the country\u2019s energy transition. It is also actively investing in new energy technologies that aren\u2019t even commercial yet, to see how they can perform. In short, Australia is breaking new trail on multiple fronts in energy transition, and demonstrating some truly interesting findings to the rest of the world, for how a grid might function self-sufficiently, at scale, with significant shares of variable renewable power and large battery storage systems.<\/p>\n
Our guide to the current state of affairs today is Ivor Frischknecht, a subscriber to this show and the CEO of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). A widely acknowledged expert and innovator in the energy industry, with deep knowledge of the grid\u2019s needs in Australia, and a far-reaching vision for what it can become, he\u2019s one of the top experts on the energy transition Down Under, and can explain it all in a very accessible way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australia is at the cutting edge of energy transition, with the world\u2019s largest grid battery and rapidly replacing coal with renewables. How are they doing it? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[236,451,235,175,233,21,69,450,26,115,30],"class_list":["post-1655","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-aemo","tag-arena","tag-australia","tag-balancing","tag-batteries","tag-coal","tag-grid","tag-nem","tag-renewables","tag-storage","tag-tesla","xen_guests-ivor-frischknecht"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n