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Giles Parkinson

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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

Australia’s biggest energy users are being lined up to break the wind drought in its most coal dependent state
Data centres and the country’s biggest aluminium smelter will finally get to break the long investment drought in wind projects thanks to new government mandates.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 18, 2026

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Renewables

No, Ray Hadley, the collapse of Zen does not mean renewables have failed, nor that more coal will be burned
Zen Energy’s failure has inspired the usual suspects to claim renewables don’t work. Curiously, planes still fly even after the collapse of Ansett, Compass, Rex and Bonza.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 17, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s biggest battery project slashes footprint by 20 pct as it mulls multi-gigawatt hour extension
Rapidly improving battery densities, falling costs and changing market signals behind potential major expansion of Supernode battery to more than 5 GWh.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 16, 2026

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CEFC boss says funding deals for new wind and solar farms to power giant smelter still to be sorted
Head of green bank says Tomago green transition deal likely to get big wind projects over the line, but the funding arrangements have still to be sorted.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 14, 2026

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Storage

New big battery next to gas generator completes last hold point as storage takes more market share
Big battery built next to a gas generator it may often displace has been completed ahead of schedule.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 14, 2026

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Commentary

Tomago won’t be 100 pct renewable until 2033, but Squadron and others want to see multiple supply deals
It will take at least six years to make Australia’s largest aluminium smelter 100 per cent renewable, but there are warnings not to lock in a single dominant supplier.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 13, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter gets $2.5 billion to help transition from coal to wind and solar
Updated: The $2.5 billion deal to help Australia’s biggest aluminium smelter go green will see it act as a kind of giant battery, and unlock the stalemate in the energy transition.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 12, 2026

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Policy & Planning

NSW won’t rule out slippages to coal closure timetable, as first turbine deliveries highlight lack of new projects
NSW energy minister says government will make “hard decisions to extend” coal closures where required, as it struggles to get wind projects over the line.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 12, 2026

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Renewables

Licences sought for Australia’s biggest wind, solar and battery hybrid to power giant gold mines
Licences sought for the biggest wind, solar and battery hybrid of its type, supplying 70 pct of electricity needs of one of Australia’s biggest mining operations.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 11, 2026

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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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