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.

Renewables

Construction and concrete pours begin on another wind farm, as one state prepares to say goodbye to coal
Construction officially starts at another wind project in W.A., which is benefiting from firm coal closure dates and a state owned utility writing PPAs.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2026

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Coal

EnergyAustralia looks to future of coal generator sites as results hit by low prices and customer losses
EnergyAustralia looks to options for its Yallourn coal site as it reports big customer losses, and warns that low prices and compressed margins will continue.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 7, 2026

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Renewables

As Musk plans to send AI into orbit, Bowen positions Australia to be an Earth-based data superpower
Bowen strict rules on data centres will likely help the country meet its renewables target, but could also deliver on its long held ambition to be a renewable superpower.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 6, 2026

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Coal

Bowen says coal “isn’t baseload anymore, it’s unreliable,” will stop states pushing gas for data centres
Bowen says data centres could rescue stalled renewables as he warns coal-fired power stations are no long reliable, and cautions northern states not to go down gas path.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 5, 2026

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Storage

Australian sodium battery start-up claims major milestones as storage industry starts to look beyond lithium
Australian sodium battery start-up claims world-first milestones as storage industry looks beyond lithium, but the technology is excluded from home battery rebate scheme.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 4, 2026

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Renewables

Too much solar, not enough storage: Zen Energy faces liquidation as administrators blame high risk strategy
Administrators to renewable energy company Zen Energy point to high risk strategy for company failure, and suggest low return to creditors in case of liquidation.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“I haven’t received it:” 9-month cost review of over-budget and delayed Snowy 2.0 project runs over time
Bowen says he has yet to see new Snowy 2.0 costings, as nine-month re-assessment runs over time, and maybe even over budget.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Battery

Massive 520 MW battery proposed for historic sheep and cattle station near Canberra
Massive 520 megawatt battery proposed for historic grazing property near Canberra.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Battery

Green bank turns to small solar hybrids and battery retrofits in new $100 million package as mega projects stall
Updated: New CEFC funding focuses on small solar hybrids and battery retrofits, which can be developed more quickly than bigger projects dependent on transmission.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Two coal state energy ministers come face to face and present wildly different visions of the future
The energy ministers of Australia’s two most coal dependent states come face to face. One is looking to the future, the other is happy to be buried in the past.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2026

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Renewables

“Faster and cheaper:” Fortescue says bespoke green grids can tap into data centre, green iron demand
Fortescue says it can build green power for data centres and other energy users faster and cheaper than others.The rapid arrival of the country’s biggest turbines proves its point.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2026

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Chart of the day

Home batteries have overtaken capacity of grid-scale batteries after rebate bonanza, and reshaped the market
Home battery capacity has overtaken grid-scale batteries, thanks to the federal rebate, and both have helped flatten the price curve as they meet evening peaks.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2026

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