Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future

Welcome to Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future—the podcast brought to you by Ausgrid that dives into the heart of Australia’s energy transformation. Hosted by electrification advocate Sarah Aubrey, each episode explores how we can build a faster, fairer, and more affordable energy landscape for all Australians.This series brings together top experts and industry leaders to answer the big questions: What will it take to achieve an energy future that benefits everyone? How can we make this transition both impactful and inclusive?Join us each month as we uncover the possibilities, spark collaboration, and drive real change—one powerful conversation at a time.

Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future is a technology podcast hosted by Ausgrid, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Ausgrid hosts Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future, a technology show with 15 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Powering Change: What It Takes to Electrify Australian Industry

  May 19, 202645 minS2

  <p>What happens when Australia’s business sector is forced to reckon with the real cost of staying fossil-fuelled?</p><p></p><p>Host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Nigel Lowry (Ausgrid) and Dani Alexander (UNSW Energy Institute) to unpack the high-stakes challenge of electrifying everything from freight and transport to buildings and data centres.</p><p></p><p>They explore the scale of business emissions, the hardest sectors to decarbonise, the race for EV infrastructure, and what oil shocks mean for energy independence - alongside the growing pressure data centres place on the grid and how organisations are tackling th...

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  Wired for Good: Conversations for a Better Energy Future

  Powering Change: What It Takes to Electrify Australian Industry

  May 19, 202645 min

  What happens when Australia’s business sector is forced to reckon with the real cost of staying fossil-fuelled? Host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Nigel Lowry (Ausgrid) and Dani Alexander (UNSW Energy Institute) to unpack the high-stakes challenge of electrifying everything from freight and transport to buildings and data centres. They explore the scale of business emissions, the hardest sectors to decarbonise, the race for EV infrastructure, and what oil shocks mean for energy independence - alongside the growing pressure data centres place on the grid and how organisations are tackling their own transition. This episode covers: business emissions; heavy freight electrification; EV infrastructure; diesel dependency; grid capacity; data centres; fleet and building decarbonisation; hydrogen vs electrification; and the policy needed to accelerate change.

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  Episode #5

  The Global Energy Transition - Part 2

  Apr 13, 202628 minS2

  <p>In part two of this special episode, host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission, to continue the conversation on the global energy transition — tackling the hard questions on affordability, equity, electrification and investment.</p><p> </p><p>The discussion turns to the cost-of-living challenge and energy affordability, new global electrification targets, the unstoppable EV revolution, equity issues for renters and low-income households, and what governments must do to attract the capital investment needed. </p><p> </p><p>Part 2 covers: managing transition costs and the truth about energy bills; global electrification targets and...

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  Episode #5

  The Global Energy Transition - Part 1

  Apr 1, 202628 minS2

  <p>In this special two-part episode, host Sarah Aubrey is joined by Lord Adair Turner, Chair of the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), for a wide-ranging conversation on the global energy transition and Australia’s critical role in it.</p><p></p><p>The conversation goes global; examining where the world stands against the Paris Agreement targets, which countries are leading and lagging, and the remarkable cost revolution underway in solar and battery technology that is reshaping what is possible. </p><p></p><p>Part 1 covers the role of the ETC and how it drives global change; the state of decarbonisation wor...

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  Episode #4

  Sub-transmission: Rethinking distribution networks to fast-track more renewables

  Feb 4, 202630 minS2

  <p>In this episode, host Sarah Aubrey speaks with Kelly Wood, Group Executive for Transmission Development & Growth at Ausgrid and Mark Westbrook, Chief Project Officer at EnergyCo about how upgrading existing sub-transmission corridors in the Hunter Central Coast REZ could unlock faster, cheaper and more community-friendly renewable energy capacity. They explore the opportunities, challenges and long-term planning needed to reshape NSW’s grid; from smarter use of existing easements to coordinated state-wide planning for both transmission and distribution. </p><p> </p>

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