About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of data centres on renewable energy, featuring guest Kane Thornton.

Kane Thornton has moved from the peak renewables body to data centres, now the presumed peak renewable buyer. We discuss Bowen’s new rules, the bigger rooftop solar rebate, and other news.

People in this episode

Host: RenewEconomy

Guest: Kane Thornton

Topics covered

• data centres
• renewable energy
• solar rebate
• energy policy
• wind energy

Keywords

• data centres
• renewable energy
• Kane Thornton
• solar rebate
• wind energy
• energy policy

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Organizations: RenewEconomy, Bowen, peak renewables body, data centres

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