Podcasts Technology Energy Unplugged EP.90 Malcolm Turnbull, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia

EP.90 Malcolm Turnbull, the 29th Prime Minister of Australia

Published: March 24, 2022, 4:59 p.m.

In this episode, we are honoured to welcome the 29th Prime Minister of Australia - Malcolm Turnbull, in a conversation with our CEO, John Feddersen. Malcolm was the Prime Minister of Australia between 2015-2018, role in which he focussed heavily on decarbonisation. He announced and drove forward the Snowy Hydro 2.0 pumped hydro project, the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. Prior to entering politics he had successful careers as a lawyer, investment banker and journalist. \n\nMalcolm and John discuss:\n\n\u2022\tThe importance of long duration storage and why isn\u2019t the market delivering large volumes right now\n\u2022\tThe technological competition for long duration storage technologies\n\u2022\tThe impact of Russia-Ukraine war on the energy transition globally \n\u2022\tWhether energy sector policy is more difficult in Australia than elsewhere and why