Spark Club Podcast
Grant McDowell
Spark Club brings entrepreneurs in the energy field together with a common objective, to build energy businesses. We draw on each others experience to support, learn and grow energy businesses. The podcasts are hosted by Grant McDowell and are recordings of our Fireside chat with leaders in the energy transition.
Episodes
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May 15, 2022 • 1h 13min
Independent Energy Event
In this election Spark Club podcast we are joined by three leading Independent candidates for the up and coming Federal election on the 21st of May 2022. Allegra Spender from Wentworth, Kylea Tink from North Sydney and Georgia Steele from Hughes join Saul Griffith and I on stage for a conversation on the key issues on energy and the opportunity the clean energy transition holds for Australia in jobs, fuel cost savings and National prosperity.
Mar 28, 2022 • 58min
The Big Switch Event - Saul Griffith
In this exciting Spark Club podcast Saul Griffith is back. He joined us live at Fishburners in Sydney to discuss his new book, The Big Switch. The energy transition is moving at a clip and so is Saul as breaks his new big idea which you'll hear on the podcast. It was a great event and I'd like to thank Young Henrys for sponsoring the beer.
May 31, 2021 • 1h 3min
FFS Event - Danny Kennedy & Saul Griffith
This is a particularly exciting Spark Club podcast as Danny Kennedy and Saul Griffith join us live at Fishburners to share their views on the future of the electrification of everything. We cover the big levers needed to deliver bold ambitions in reducing carbon emissions. Wartime language helps describe the urgency and scale of the challenge to electrify everything with the message of jobs, jobs, jobs.
May 2, 2021 • 44min
Demand Response Event - Marija Petkovic
Spark Club is hosting Live Events again! We will hear from Marija Petkovic from Energy Synapse about the Demand Response rule change to come in on the 24th October 2021. Grant McDowell interviews Marija to explore the global context for Demand Response and the impact the rule change will have on commercial industrial electricity consumers, retailers and aggregators entering the market. This is a fantastic insight to the Demand Response rule change to come through in the Australian National Energy Market in October 2021. Enjoy the podcast.
Sep 23, 2020 • 21min
OpenSolar - Maaike Gobel
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets. This is program seven in the series with my conversation with Maaike Gobel from OpenSolar.
Sep 15, 2020 • 41min
David Morgan - Iron Matrix
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets. This is program six in the series with my conversation with David Morgan from Iron Matrix.
Sep 8, 2020 • 25min
Fulcrum3D - Jo Hume
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets. This is program five in the series with my conversation with Jo Hume from Fulcrum3D.
Sep 1, 2020 • 30min
Energy Renaissance - Mark Chilcote
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets. Our four conversation in the series is with Mark Chilcote from Energy Renaissance.
Aug 25, 2020 • 35min
MGA Thermal - Alex Post - Export Series
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell interviews founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets. This is our third conversation in the series with Alex Post from MGA Thermal.
Aug 18, 2020 • 25min
Enosi - Steve Hoy - Export Series
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We'll hear the back story on how they got started, what problems they aim to solve and what the future holds, here in Australia and in global markets.


