Spark Club Podcast

• Tim attends and presents at the WEF / Greenhouse green iron event, with almost 200 people from government, industry, think tanks and finance talking about t…

Highlights

• Australia’s Federal Senate Disinformation inquiry
• ARENA award to Calix $45m
• Allegra Spender Productivity and Tax Roundtable

Lowlights

• Lithium Hydroxide Refinery Write-off by IGO

Main S…

Our first highlight  - the Capacity Investment Scheme. 

South Australia’s high RE % record

Green Steel subsidies from South Korea

US invests MP Materials a US Rare Earths materials

Lowligh…

The Resources, Energy & Industry Innovation Forum (REIIF) in Dubbo

* Tim's TED X Sydney * Net-Zero Export Target Proposal: ANU’s Frank Jotzo and Annette Zou * Heavy Equipment …

* Labor's re-election  * Bradfield recount - a celebration of the integrity of our voting system * Labor's Residential Battery Program - Minister Bowen re-commits to his election pledg…

Great conversation recorded at the How to Lobby Canberra at the live Spark Club event at EnergyLab in Sydney. Thanks to Kylea (Pronounced Kylie) Tink and Blair Palese for an open and honest scorecar…

Tim Buckley joins the Spark Club regular podcast in the lead up to the Australian Federal Election on the 3rd May 2025. 

• China 1QCY2025 electricity statistics.
• Battery Energy Storage BESS…

In our first Live Spark Club event for 2025 Danny Kennedy joins us to share his recent experience on the ground in Pakistan and Bangladesh where he witnessed first hand the Energy Transformation unde…

Tim Buckley joins the Spark Club regular podcast on the day the Australian Federal Election is announced for 2025. 

Federal election has been called this morning - for 3rd May 2025 Budget…

This week Tim shares his highlights, lowlights and main story with us starting with;

Highlights

• Green iron report by Deloitte & WWF.
• The Fifth Estate forum with Matt Kean and Martijn Wilder hosted a…

This week Tim shares some good news from Canberra with the Climate Capital Forum leading a delegation to meet with politicians across the spectrum and share a positive message. Our focus this week o…

Welcome to episode 45 of the Spark Club podcast. Tim Buckley is back to take us through our regular format of Highlights, Lowlights, The Main Story and What Coming Up. 

In this episode we open with g…

Welcome to episode 44 of the Spark Club podcast.

A large part of our conversation on this podcast is about solar PV as the engine behind the global energy transition. Traditional media still maintain…

Welcome to episode 43 of the Spark Club podcast, and the 10th in our new Regular Podcast series. Tim Buckley, our regular guest is back for the final episode for 2024.

In this episode we discuss the …

Welcome to episode 42 of the Spark Club podcast. This the 9th episode in our Regular Podcast series. This time we welcome Professor Renate Egan, Executive Director at the Australia Centre for Advance…

Welcome to episode 41 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 8th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss the highlights and the lowlights for the week and then go onto the…

This is episode 40 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 7th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss Tim's Climate Energy Finance (CEF) report co-authored by Matt Pollard…

This is episode 39 of the Spark Club podcast. And the 6th in our new Regular Podcast with Tim Buckley.

In this episode we discuss Tim's recent trip to Japan and set the stage for Climate Energy Finan…