The Energy Innovators: Alan Finkel’s vision for the future

There are few hotter issues in Australia in recent times than the energy system and our current and future energy needs. Alan Finkel is at the centre of just about all of it.

Dr Alan Finkel.

In the second of ARENA WIRE’s Energy Innovators series featuring leading minds in the field of renewables, Australia’s chief scientist, poses the question: Would you rather embrace the future or go backwards in time?

As with all episodes of this nine-part series, you can watch the speaker’s talk and then also separately view the fascinating Q&A session that followed.

Expanding on the key recommendations of his review into the National Electricity Market, which he handed to the Turnbull government in June, Professor Finkel says investors need policy certainty to take the plunge into renewables.

And he points to natural gas, proof-of-concept testing and retail pricing as areas of growing interest.

But just as importantly, he explores how the innovation we hear of today will convert into something real and tangible tomorrow. 

Read the ARENA Wire story and watch the interview with Australia’s chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel - “The Energy Innovators: Alan Finkel’s vision for the future.”