Welcome to episode 45 of the Spark Club podcast. Tim Buckley is back to take us through our regular format of Highlights, Lowlights, The Main Story and What Coming Up.

In this episode we open with good news from the Middle East as large scale solar and battery storage deployment hits new records. Tim shares news on the $2Bn Green Aluminium production tax credits, Labor's 2025 Build Australia's Future plan and big BESS installations numbers across across the world. Amazing.

In the Main Story for the week we discuss China's headline energy and economic growth numbers in 2024 and China's carbon emissions stats filtering through from Lauri Myllyvirta at the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

To wrap up Tim shares what he's up to in Canberra this coming week.

The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

Enjoy the podcast.