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Energypreneurs

Jun 7, 2026

Hamish McKenzie is Deputy Director of the Energy and Climate Program at the Grattan Institute. His team just published a landmark report on Australia's gas transition — and the findings are stark.

Gas use has peaked across every sector. In the National Electricity Market, gas generation is down 61% since 2014 and...


Jun 4, 2026

Jess Hunt has spent 25 years redesigning electricity markets. She was involved in the Hornsdale Big Battery — the world's first grid-scale battery — and now consults for governments and regulators across Australia.


In this conversation: the duck curve is dying, eight-hour battery storage is making gas redundant,...


Jun 1, 2026

Why is the energy transition inevitable? Not just desirable, but inevitable.

In this first module of the Energypreneurs Masterclass, I curated five conversations from 300+ episodes to answer that question.

You'll hear from a trucking entrepreneur, a clean energy analyst, a physicist, and an InsurTech founder,...


May 27, 2026

The Philippines imports $15 billion worth of oil every year. 4 million tricycles burn a significant share of it.

Paul Johnston is the CEO of Pure EV, 350 electric tricycles operating across the Philippines, 92% utilisation, drivers taking home 30% more income. The technology works. The numbers work.


We go into the unit...


May 25, 2026

The Philippines has one of the best renewable energy laws in the world, one of the highest electricity tariffs relative to income, and 278 island communities still running on diesel. Something doesn't add up.

Ruth Yu Owen — CEO of UpGrade Energy Philippines, chair of two national energy committees, and one of the...