About this episode

Michael Liebreich interviews Chris Bowen about Australia's energy transition and the challenges of balancing fossil fuel reliance with renewable energy growth.

People in this episode

Host: Michael Liebreich

Guest: Chris Bowen

Topics covered

• energy transition
• rooftop solar
• electric vehicles
• energy security
• decarbonisation
• COP31

Keywords

• Australia
• solar energy
• energy crisis
• net-zero
• electric vehicles
• energy grid
• decarbonisation

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Organizations: Australia, COP31, Türkiye

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