Rewired
ReWired is a podcast from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) that explores how clean energy innovation is being turned into real-world results across Australia. Each season profiles the people, projects and technologies driving the country's energy transition, from renewable generation to storage and new industrial applications. Episodes feature interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs and industry leaders working on practical solutions to cut emissions. The show is aimed at anyone interested in how big clean energy ideas move from the lab or drawing board into everyday use.
Episodes
Decarbonisation at the next molecular level
ARENA’s ReWired podcast is back for a new season spotlighting the Australians turning big clean energy ideas into real-world impact. In this episode, host Danny Kennedy speaks with special guests: Alex Motbey, Investment Associate Director at ARENA Shohan Seneviratne, Chief Executive Officer at Murchison Hydrogen Renewables Together, they discuss what green hydrogen looks like today, and h
Turning up the heat on industrial decarbonisation
ARENA’s ReWired podcast is back for a new season, with ‘Aussies in the ARENA’ spotlighting the Australians turning big clean energy ideas into real-world impact. In this episode, host Danny Kennedy speaks about what it takes to decarbonise industry with special guests: Tanya Hodgson, Investment Associate Director, Heavy Industry Portfolio at ARENA Michael Parks, Global Dir
The great freight shift
ARENA’s ReWired podcast is back for a new season spotlighting the Australians turning big clean energy ideas into real-world impact. In this episode, host Danny Kennedy speaks with special guests: Alex Grant, ARENA’s General Manager of Transport Anthony Headlam, CEO of NewVolt Marceline Overduin, Founder of Eco Route Advisory Gareth Ridge, Australia Country Manager at Zenobē Together
A bright future for solar innovation
ARENA’s ReWired podcast is back for new season spotlighting the Australians turning big clean energy ideas into real-world impact. In this episode, host Danny Kennedy speaks with special guests: Dan Sturrock, ARENA’s General Manager of Solar Professor Renate Egan from the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP) at the University of New South Wales Together, they discuss t
Ross Garnaut's renewables road
As we look back at 10 years since ARENA was first established, we’re speaking with one of the most important names in Australia’s clean energy journey, Ross Garnaut. Economist Ross Garnaut has many descriptions attached to his name - emeritus professor at the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University, former economic adviser to Prime Minister Bob Hawke, ambassador to China, a
Game-changing electrolysers with Hysata’s Paul Barrett
Hysata CEO Paul Barrett explains how research undertaken by two Australian universities is helping them produce the world’s most efficient hydrogen electrolysers. Early in 2022, Australian technology company Hysata announced they had developed a groundbreaking hydrogen electrolyser. The news made a splash, offering a pathway for emissions free hydrogen to compete with methods of production t
Stockpiling solar power in suburban batteries
Creative ways of storing energy from the wind and sun will be needed to power the next phase of the energy transition. This week on ARENA’s podcast Rewired, we speak to Dr Marnie Shaw from the Australian National University about a new wave of community energy projects. Unlike the small household batteries that are installed behind the meter to soak up rooftop solar power, community batterie
The maverick robots set to transform solar, with 5B's Nicole Kuepper-Russell
The gift of a solar powered car at just eight years of age set 5B’s Nicole Kuepper-Russell on a pathway that is transforming the way the world produces energy. Now the Chief Operating Officer at solar pioneer 5B, Kuepper-Russell joins Rewired to explain how the company's unique approach is making solar faster to deploy and more affordable. With support from ARENA, 5B is deploying robots and
“A bit like The Jetsons”. Green hydrogen takes flight with AMSL Aero
Australian innovators AMSL Aero are taking renewable energy to the skies with their futuristic reimagining of the aircraft. Founders Andrew Moore and Siobhan Lyndon joined us this week to share their vision for air travel and explain how soon we might take off in their emissions free ‘air taxi’. Moore has used his aeronautical engineering background, paired with 15 years experience in
Revolutionising energy with Australia’s “solar superman”
When Professor Martin Green started his solar research in the 1970s, the idea of using solar panels to power our homes was out of this world. NASA was developing solar technology to power spacecraft and satellites, but was far too expensive and inefficient for terrestrial applications. Half a century on, more than three million Australian homes have panels on their rooftops, combining into a
Cutting transport emissions with Melbourne-made electric trucks
This week, SEA Electric’s Bill Gillespie joins us to share exciting developments in the world of zero emissions heavy vehicles. Their trucks are now in operation across some of Australia’s biggest fleets, ferrying deliveries for Woolworths, IKEA, Australia Post and DHL, and also helping local councils to reduce emissions. Founded in Australia and now based in Los Angeles, SEA Electric
Smashing solar records with SunDrive’s Vince Allen
Australian solar pioneers have set a new efficiency benchmark with their next generation cells. From humble beginnings in a garage in Sydney’s eastern suburbs, solar startup SunDrive is on a rapid rise. In September, they announced that they had developed the world’s most efficient silicon cell, claiming the record from China’s Longi Solar. The record is made more significant by
Darren Miller’s vision for a prosperous renewable future
Fresh off the back of launching ARENA's new investment plan, CEO Darren Miller joins us to explain how renewables could soon shake up the heaviest of heavy industries. In our conversation he explains that investment decisions made today will be key to transforming our energy system and achieving net zero emissions. We also explore the bold vision that underpins ARENA's new investment plan. As well
How our homes are turning the energy market on its head
Working on solar since the 1990s, Professor Renate Egan has helped to transform the way we consume energy, recently taking up the challenge to “electrify everything”. Professor Egan is living her vision, investing in a small solar system in 2008 that she has since expanded and backed up with battery storage. Renate's electrification journey has seen her switch to an electric vehicle an
New trading toolkit for a transforming energy market
Cheap, abundant and variable wind and solar is shaking up the electricity market, forcing traders to rethink how energy is bought and sold. The Renewable Energy Hub, an offshoot of global carbon brokers Tradition, is taking up the challenge, creating new renewable-specific ways to trade energy. In the newest episode of Rewired, founder Chris Halliwell joined us to discuss the Hub’s work, exp
Solar pioneer breaks down his game-changing invention
Energy transformer Dr John Lasich has helped to take solar from “witchcraft or alchemy” into the cheapest form of energy generation in history. The RayGen founder joined Rewired to discuss how an idea he developed in his shed has attracted $42 million in capital and will soon be deployed on the site of AGL’s Liddell Power Station. His “solar thermal” technology concentrates sunlight to central sol
Is there a role for renewable gas in our homes?
Green hydrogen offers a renewable alternative to natural gas, but is it a viable energy source for our homes? With 15 years in the energy industry and a background as a chemical engineer, AGIG’s Head of Strategy and Innovation Kristin Raman is one of the quiet transformers having a big impact on the way we use energy. She joined us to discuss AGIG’s plan to transition its natural gas n
Introducing Season 4 - Transformers
ARENA’s podcast Rewired is back for its biggest season yet. This season, we will introduce you to some of the people transforming Australia’s energy landscape that you might not have heard from before. From startup founders disrupting traditional business models, to the people investing new technologies that could power our lives in the future, Rewired will give you unprecedented acces
New age for industry, powered by renewable energy
Could cheap, plentiful supplies of renewable energy give Australian manufacturers an edge? Around the world, industrial energy users are embracing renewable energy. Global giants IKEA, Lego, Apple and Coca Cola are amongst hundreds of companies blazing a trail, making the RE100 pledge to power their operations entirely with renewables. Closer to home more Australian manufacturers are seeing the be
Back to the future with pumped hydro energy storage
One of Australia’s oldest and most prolific methods of generating energy is poised to transform the electricity network - again. In this episode of ReWired we take a deep dive into one of the oldest energy storage technologies - pumped hydro. More than a century on from the establishment of the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Department, new hydro projects are being developed as part of work to pre
Storing renewable energy in the world’s biggest batteries
Is it possible for wind and solar to supply reliable, dependable electricity day or night, regardless of the weather? One of the biggest criticisms of renewable energy has been the simple fact that the output of wind and solar farms can vary depending on the weather and time of day. When renewables made up a small part of the generation mix, that variability wasn’t a big problem. But as wind
Renewable hydrogen prepares for take off
Could the most common element in the universe be the key to a future powered by renewables? In this episode of ReWired, we explore how renewable hydrogen could be poised for its moment in the sun. While the potential of hydrogen has been understood for decades, the emergence of electrolyser technology - powered by affordable and plentiful energy from the wind and sun - is a potential game-changer.
Together in electric dreams? Renewable energy hits the road with EVs
Electric vehicles are finally breaking into the mainstream, but is Australia’s electricity network ready for them? Australia’s EV journey has started slowly. But with more models available than ever before and fast charging networks under construction, for many they are becoming a viable alternative. In this episode of ReWired, experts share their perspective on why you should consider
The energy revolution in our homes
We are pleased to bring you the third season of ARENA's podcast, ReWired: Solving the Energy Puzzle. We begin inside a net zero emissions home overflowing with renewable energy technology. Hear what inspired the owners to reimagine the modern Australian home to create and consume energy as efficiently as possible. We speak to energy leaders about the challenge of integrating the array of beh
Introducing our new series - Solving Australia’s Energy Puzzle
As we enter a new decade, ARENA is launching season three of our podcast ReWired. Together we will look at the different pieces of Australia’s energy puzzle, and learn how they might come together in a future powered by renewables. Over six episodes, energy experts and innovators will explore a wide range of topics - the role of large-scale storage in balancing the grid, the transition
My Island Home: A postcard from Flinders Island
Isolated from mainland Tasmania and at the mercy of the elements, the residents of Flinders Island have always prided themselves on their self-reliance. We take a trip across the Bass Strait as Hydro Tasmania's new Hybrid Energy Hub kicks in to gear to find out how the shift away from diesel generation to renewables will affect lives. Dewi Cooke meets some of the locals and hears how this sma
Party of One: Nada Kalam
How many times would people tell you 'no' before you believed you couldn't? For Telstra Energy's Nada Kalam, the first time someone told her that 'girls can't do engineering' was in high school - and it's lit a fire under her ever since.In this episode of The Innovators we explore a recognised issue within the energy industry: women's representation. And, as an energy systems engineer with one of
Hello From The Outside: Bruce Thompson, GreenSync
Virtual power plants and digital energy marketplaces. These are the intangible, unseen elements of the energy revolution yet they're central to Bruce Thompson's working life. But 20 years ago, Thompson was just a keen-eyed engineering student concerned about the environment and "this thing called climate change". A former activist and director of major projects at the Moreland Energy Foundation Li
A lightbulb moment: Katerina Kimmorley
In 2016, Katerina Kimmorley was working in India with her solar energy social enterprise, Pollinate Energy, bringing real, tangible change to the lives of thousands of people living without electricity in India's urban slums. So what brought her home after years away to the world of venture capital and renewable energy start-ups? In this episode we hear about her journey to the helm of the Clean E
Paint me a picture: Torben Daeneke and Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh
Sometimes, life doesn't work out as you'd expect. Sometimes, what might seem like a failure is actually an opportunity for success. In this episode of The Innovators you'll meet two scientists whose own failed lab experiment led them to something, arguably, more exciting. In early 2017, RMIT University academics Torben Daeneke and Kourosh Kalantar Zadeh released details of a "solar paint", one tha
Power to the People: Jemma Green
In the first episode of our new series of ReWired: The Innovators, Adam Morton meets Dr Jemma Green - a former investment banker, entrepreneur and, most recently, interim mayor of the City of Perth. She's also co-founder of energy trading start-up PowerLedger, which stormed through its Initial Coin Offering earlier this year and raised $34 million for its platform allowing electricity consumers to
Introducing our new series, The Innovators
Australia is in the midst of an energy revolution and The Innovators wants to take you to the cutting edge of it. It's a place of hydrogen-producing solar paint, of virtual power plants and energy cryptocurrencies. It's a place of pure innovation and leadership, sparked by individuals with a renewable energy future in their sights and, often, extraordinary stories of their own to tell. Yes, betwee
New and Noteworthy!
Welcome to all the new listeners downloading ReWired since Apple Podcasts featured the show as New & Noteworthy. If you've already heard the series please subscribe to get new episodes in the future, and leave a review on iTunes. If you'd like to know anymore informationa about renewable energy projects around Australia visit ARENA.gov.au See omnystudio.com/listener for pri
Twin Hills
Perched on twin hills about two hours north of Perth and built on the remains of prehistoric beach are two renewable energy farms - one established and the other underway. The Emu Downs wind farm and soon to be solar farm next door have been a boon for the local area of Badgingarra. Farming families have members already employed under the turbines and local businesses are on site at the solar farm
The town that says yes
Dubbo has a history of saying yes to new things. In the 1970s, after a nearby town turned down the offer of a new zoo (fearing escaped lions would kill livestock) Dubbo jumped at the chance. Decades on they’ve said yes again to two new large scale solar farms - one in nearby Narromine and the other just out of the city. The new solar farms will be in good company. Dubbo is one of the top thr
The hum of 1300000 solar panels
At around 600 acres the sprawling Nyngan Solar Farm was the largest in the southern hemisphere when completed only 4 years ago. What’s it like to visit a solar farm of this size? And, how have electricity generation costs come down since? In this episode we head out to northern NSW and also check in with Darren Gladman at the Clean Energy Council for some statistics on how the cost of genera
Viva Las Parkes
It’s famous for its Elvis Festival and a telescope dish that helped put man on the moon. But now Parkes, in central west NSW is about to become famous for something else altogether: solar power. Popping up on a property next door to the town’s mayor, the Parkes Solar Farm will come online towards the end of 2017. When it does, it will power the town’s annual Elvis festival
Moon power and marijuana rumours
Griffith is a regional city with impressive industries, Yellow Tail wine for one. Each day container-loads of its product leave the area by train bound for the export market. This thriving business uses more power than a small town - and it will need even more as it continues to grow. Enter the town’s new large scale solar farm, currently under construction, and getting ready to feed into th
Mining the sun
A disused goldmine 400 or so kilometres inland from Townsville holds the tantalising promise of solar energy that powers the grid after the sun goes down. The project in Kidston (population: 3 or 4) is the first development to begin construction following the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s Large Scale Solar Competitive Round. It’s a solar farm that one day could charge one of the
Coming soon...
Rewired is a new podcast from ARENA, Australia’s renewable energy agency. Traveling around Australia, host Courtney Carthy sits down with the farmers, construction managers and everyone in between who are witnessing, first hand, a quiet solar revolution in Australia. Join him as he hears how the ARENA-supported solar projects are rewiring the electricity grid and providing jobs and other eco
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