Giles Parkinson, Author at Renew Economy

Giles Parkinson

Editor

Giles Parkinson is founder and editor-in-chief of Renew Economy, and founder and editor of its EV-focused sister site The Driven. He is the co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. Giles has been a journalist for more than 40 years and is a former deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review. You can find him on LinkedIn and on Twitter.

Storage

New five-hour battery reaches financial close, next to existing gas generator in renewable hotspot
Another five-hour battery reaches financial close, this one to piggy back over an existing gas connection in Australia’s most advanced renewable state.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 13, 2026

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Storage

The little battery that could pave the way for ageing coal generators to be shut down on schedule
Concern about system security has already delayed the closure of Australia’s biggest coal generator. But a landmark battery project may provide a quicker and cheaper solution.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 13, 2026

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Storage

Coal giant’s first gigawatt-scale battery charges up, guided by some in-house algorithms
The first gigawatt-scale battery built by AGL has begun charging and discharging from the grid and will be guided by algorithms developed by the company’s own in-house team.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 13, 2026

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Renewables

Second stage of Australia’s biggest wind project is now sending power to the grid
The second stage of what is already Australia’s biggest wind project has started sending power to the grid and soon will be the nation’s first to reach gigawatt scale.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 12, 2026

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Coal

Another unplanned coal plant failure triggers price spike fears and supply warning
Another outage at a major coal unit triggers price spike and supply concerns, highlighting vulnerability of a fossil-dependent grid, and the need for more batteries.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 11, 2026

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Coal

Australia’s biggest coal generator learns how to make more money out of its customers and big battery fleet
AGL is making more money from customer margins and its new big batteries, but is worried about solar sharer. “It’s February and we have not an ounce of detail.”
Giles Parkinson

Feb 11, 2026

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Renewables

AGL eyes options for a 2 gigawatt plus wind energy portfolio after signing string of PPAs
AGL to create a new funding vehicle, using other people’s money, to develop its major wind projects, including auction winners in NSW and the CIS.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 11, 2026

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Storage

The 15 biggest utility battery projects in Australia – and what they will do for the grid
Grid battery projects in Australia are getting bigger and bigger. Here is an updated list of the 15 biggest in terms of storage that have been built, contracted and committed.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 10, 2026

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Wind

CIS boss says wind developers hoping power hungry data centres can rescue struggling projects
Head of CIS program says data centres could come to the rescue of wind projects struggling to land long term contracts, particularly as wholesale prices fall.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 10, 2026

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Renewables

Massive wind, solar and hydrogen hub in Nullarbor brings in Asia partners to advance first stage
Developers of massive 70 GW wind, solar and hydrogen project that will straddle the Nullarbor announce Chinese and Korea partners to help on feasibility study.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 9, 2026

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Storage

State owned utility’s newly opened grid battery has been “re-rated” to be the biggest in Australia
State owned Synergy has formally opened its third big battery, which turns out to the biggest operating battery in Australia after its storage was “re-rated.”
Giles Parkinson

Feb 8, 2026

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Storage

Spanish giant completes Sydney battery ahead of schedule, lands contract for a bigger one
Spanish giant completes one big battery project ahead of schedule as it lands a contract for an even bigger project with 10 hours of storage.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 8, 2026

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