Welcome to episode 43 of the Spark Club podcast, and the 10th in our new Regular Podcast series. Tim Buckley, our regular guest is back for the final episode for 2024.

In this episode we discuss the highlights and the lowlights for the week and then go onto discuss the recent Climate Energy Finance report - Australia is seeing an Acceleration in our Electricity Sector Transition, putting our 82% Renewables by 2030 Target in reach. 

See link to report below;

https://climateenergyfinance.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/CEF_82-Renewables-by-2030_17Dec2024-1.docx.pdf

We will also discuss what stood our in energy in 2024 and what 2025 holds for Australia and ambitions for China in the coming year. 

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

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Welcome to episode 42 of the Spark Club podcast. This the 9th episode in our Regular Podcast series. This time we welcome Professor Renate Egan, Executive Director at the Australia Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics at UNSW to Spark Club.

In this episode we discuss the discuss the opportunity for solar pv manufacturing in Australia and how UNSW remains at the leading edge of global solar innovation. Renate shares updates on early signs of progress and how Australia holds a global advantage for high volume, low cost solar PV manufacturing. We discuss the delicate balance for solar in Australia at this moment of complicated geopolitics, in the battle between molecules and electrons. 

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

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Welcome to episode 41 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 8th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss the highlights and the lowlights for the week and then go onto the main story.

Tim was invited by Rob Stokes and Matt Kean to a debate on nuclear at Maquarie Uni. Rob, Matt and Tim were able to shift audience opinion. Great record to point to for anyone who has a nuclear supporter in their friends or family during the holiday season. 

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

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This is episode 40 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 7th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss Tim's Climate Energy Finance (CEF) report co-authored by Matt Pollard, Net Zero Transformation Analyst at CEF and Tim.

Forging Australia’s Green Iron Industry

Letting you know we're opening the conversation to broader voices to compliment Tim. New guests will share their views on the rise and rise of China in the global energy transition, especially over the next four years as the US returns to short term profits from molecules and China unlocks new opportunities for clean electrons in global markets. The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

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This is episode 39 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 6th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss Tim's recent trip to Japan and set the stage for Climate Energy Finance next report on Green Metal.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

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This is episode 38 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 5th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley

In this episode we discuss Tim's recent report The Green Capital Tsunami. You'll hear the genesis for the idea and how a new theme is emerging in China's approach to the global energy transition. The report is available for free at Climate Energy Finance.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

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This is episode 36 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 4th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley

The global dynamic in the energy transition focuses on Australia, Europe or the US, with occasional reference to China. The capacity and deployment stats coming out of China are staggering, and not well reported.

This Spark Club Regular podcast aims to bring balance to the conversation and be a clear and consistent voice on global structural change in energy and the role China is playing. Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance is a banking analyst with deep experience on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs.  Tim and I believe there is value in coming together each fortnight and sharing a view of the energy transition from a fresh perspective. The format is simple. We’ll start with recent highlights, then dig into the Big Story and end with a prediction or two.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

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This is episode 3 of the Spark Club Regular podcast. 

The global dynamic in the energy transition focuses on Australia, Europe or the US, with occasional reference to China. The capacity and deployment stats coming out of China are staggering, and not well reported.

The Spark Club Regular podcast aims to bring balance to the conversation and be a clear and consistent voice on global structural change in energy and the role China is playing. Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance is a banking analyst with deep experience on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs.  Tim and I believe there is value in coming together each fortnight and sharing a view of the energy transition from a fresh perspective. The format is simple. We’ll start with recent highlights, then dig into the Big Story and end with a prediction or two.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

Enjoy the podcast.

Exciting news, we are embarking on a new chapter for Spark Club. We are adding a regular podcast into this feed. This is episode 2. 

The global dynamic in the energy transition focuses on Australia, Europe or the US, with occasional reference to China. The capacity and deployment stats coming out of China are staggering, and not well reported.

The Spark Club Regular podcast aims to bring balance to the conversation and be a clear and consistent voice on global structural change in energy and the role China is playing. Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance is a banking analyst with deep experience on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs.  Tim and I believe there is value in coming together each fortnight and sharing a view of the energy transition from a fresh perspective. The format is simple. We’ll start with recent highlights, then dig into the Big Story and end with a prediction or two.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one.

Enjoy the podcast.

Hi and welcome to the Spark Club Podcast.

Spark Club podcasts are recordings from our live events, hosted in front of a Spark Club live audience. A week later, or so, we publish the recording as a podcast recording. Since 2016 the recording of our live events has worked well. The exciting news is we are embarking on a new chapter for Spark Club. We are adding a regular podcast into this feed. If you’re like me, you may listen to five energy or more energy podcasts a week. So how is it possible there is space for another one?  We believe so. The reason is the global dynamic in the energy transition which focuses on Australia, Europe or the US, with occasional reference to China. The good news is there is indeed a clear and consistent voice on China, based here in Australia. Tim Buckley from Climate Energy Finance is a banking analyst with deep experience on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs. Tim follows the data points closely and observes trends not cutting through elsewhere.    Tim and I believe there is value in coming together each fortnight and sharing a view of the energy transition from a fresh perspective. The format is simple. We’ll start with recent highlights, then dig into the Big Story and end with a prediction or two.  The Spark Club Live events will continue, so stayed tuned for our next one. Now onto the podcast.