Engie aims to invest €21-24 billion - Tim Buckley - Ep47
Release Date: 03/09/2025
Al Gore says stop Australia's diesel fuel subsidy - Tim Buckley Ep62
Spark Club Podcast
Spark Club Podcast recorded on 31 October 2025 Highlights BESS deployments booming in Australia Batteries are the biggest disruptive force in global energy markets in 2025. Australia becomes world’s third-largest utility battery market. Australia has overtaken the UK to rank behind China and the US in utility-scale battery capacity, with 14GW/37GWh of projects at or nearing financial close. Rystad Energy estimates the Australian pipeline of battery projects jumped 45GW in one year from 109GW in August 2024 to 154GW now. Meanwhile Minister Bowen is rightly crowing about the >100,000 home...
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Time to Act on Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 - Killian Daly Ep61
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We invited Killian Daly, CEO of Energy Tag, on to the Spark Club podcast on the 10th October. We recorded the podcast in London at an industry event. The reason for having Killian on is it’s an important time for ensuring the policy settings are right for updating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 Guidance. The discussion paper will be released next week, with a two month public consultation period. It's a great conversation about a common sense approach, grounded in the physics of energy, and how we need to make it accessible to everyone, even my Mum and Killian's...
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Emissions targets are a thing. Tim Buckley Ep60
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Spark Club Podcast recorded on the 3rd October 2025 Highlights China’s Envision announces a green passport for wind turbines Envision Energy, announced this week that its main wind turbine has been internationally certified via the Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) platform. 🔹 85–90% recyclability, maximizing circular economy potential 🔹 Supply chains on track for 100% green electricity by 2028 🔹 Transparent, internationally recognized carbon accounting China’s cleantech leaders are embracing an international alignment to build collaboration and a race to the top on...
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Is Australia a Petro State or an Electro State? Tim Buckley Ep59
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Highlights China Cleantech Exports Boom Lauri Myllyvirta @CREA notes value of China’s exports of clean energy technologies hit a new all-time record in July, passing the previous high from March 2023. China exported $18.4bn worth of solar and wind power equipment, EVs and batteries during the month. Australia Brazil Chamber of Commence Forum ABCC business forum in the lead up to COP30, Organised by the wonderful Mara Bun. We also head about Brazil looking to develop world leading green iron projects. Lowlights Qld LNP State Government Capture by the Fossil fuel Industry looks complete ...
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Australia's diesel addiction problem - Tim Buckley Ep58
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Highlights Adelaide Green iron conference Tim attends and presents at the WEF / Greenhouse green iron event, with almost 200 people from government, industry, think tanks and finance talking about the opportunities for green iron projects. A key need is for Australia to get a couple of proposals to FID and into construction, and this is a key opportunity should Australia win #COP31 – to announce bilateral agreements and public-private support for a German-Australia, a China-Australia and a Japan-Korea-Australia trilateral deal into FID. China’s emissions down - Clean-energy growth helped...
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Will Europe Deploy, Deploy, Deploy? - Linda Romanovska Ep57
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Spark Club - Linda Romanovska Introduction to Linda to provide context for the conversation Highlights Recent trip to Canberra with Climate Capital Forum International Court of Justice Opinion and the visit of Simon Stiell to Australia Lowlights The confusion and unproductive distraction cause by the “Omnibus” process – formally aimed at “simplification”, but realistically is “deregulation” of corporate sustainability. Main Story Europe Repeated, and unrelenting commitment to the EU Green Deal Objectives re-enforced on key recent policy documents, such as the...
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Australia's Energy Transformation Progress - Tim Buckley Ep56
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Highlights Australia’s Federal Senate Disinformation inquiry ARENA award to Calix $45m Allegra Spender Productivity and Tax Roundtable Lowlights Lithium Hydroxide Refinery Write-off by IGO Main Story The Race to 82% Renewables AEMO’s Quarterly Energy Dynamics 2QCY2025 Methane gas generation plays an important but small and progressively declining role 25% upscaling of the CIS Big BESS News What’s coming up? CEF hoping Minister Bowen will go the top end of the CCA’s 65-75% reduction target. Australia is yet to win the presidency of #COP31, if we do, that will be a key...
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China's wind & solar deployment surges - Tim Buckley Ep55
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Highlights Our first highlight - the Capacity Investment Scheme. South Australia’s high RE % record Green Steel subsidies from South Korea US invests MP Materials a US Rare Earths materials Lowlights Labor can’t seem to kick the fossil fuel habit heat pump numbers in NSW Main Story – China China's State Grid Energy Research Institute expects amazing deployment numbers EU is shifting on China Govt intervention on disorderly low-price competition Prime Minister Albanese's official visit to China from July 12 to 18, at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang. What’s...
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Australia Needs More Wind Energy - Tim Buckley Ep54
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Intro - The Resources, Energy & Industry Innovation Forum (REIIF) in Dubbo The Highlights * Tim's TED X Sydney * Net-Zero Export Target Proposal: ANU’s Frank Jotzo and Annette Zou * Heavy Equipment Decarbonisation: BHP signs MoU with China’s XCMG * China's Cleantech Outbound Investment (OFDI): China building cleantech infrastructure abroad (e.g., 10GWh EV battery plant in France for Renault). $170B tracked in cleantech OFDI since 2023 The Lowlights * For a 2nd time - The Albanese Government approved the North West Shelf expansion. The decision will put 4.4 billion...
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China's Emissions Drop, Solar Soars - Tim Buckley Ep53
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The Highlights * Labor's re-election * Bradfield recount - a celebration of the integrity of our voting system * Labor's Residential Battery Program - Minister Bowen re-commits to his election pledge of $2.3bn home and business BESS subsidy * Australia on track to see utility BESS increase 8x to 16GW by end 2027 The Lowlights * The Albanese Government approved the North West Shelf expansion. The decision will put 4.4 billion tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere in the coming decades. That’s the equivalent of approving 12 new coal fired power stations * Queensland Deputy Premier...
info_outlineThis week Tim shares his highlights, lowlights and main story with us starting with;
Highlights
- Green iron report by Deloitte & WWF.
- The Fifth Estate forum with Matt Kean and Martijn Wilder hosted at the Greenhouse.
- China's massive US$11bn 19GW (85% RE) Qaidam Golmud East Desert Base Power Project.
- Canadian Solar's reported CY2024 BESS shipments surged 505% yoy to 6.5GWh.
- Engie pulls out of a Texas gas project as the numbers no longer stack up.
- And EV highlights for BYD, not so much for Tesla
Lowlights
- Gas cartel stitch up. Story by Royce Kurmelovs via Drilled Media.
Main Story
- ENGIE of France reconfirming its NZE by 2045 commitments and aims to invest €21-24 billion in growth capex over the next 3 years
Coming up
- Climate Action Week Sydney - over 200 events in Sydeney and online. Link to Tickets.
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