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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.

Solar

Zinc giant buys wind and solar developer in major green metals and hydrogen play
Korea Zinc buys wind and solar developer Epuron, delivering a wind and solar portfolio of up to 9GW for its green metals and hydrogen ambitions.
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Dec 23, 2021

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Chart of the day

Liberated wind and solar hit record of 143 pct of demand in South Australia
Wind and solar set new record share of local demand, as fossil fuel output reduced to a mere fraction in South Australia grid.
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Dec 22, 2021

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Featured

All signs point to a quick transition to renewables. But can we connect them?
Connection problems have hampered wind, solar and battery projects for the last three years. Now something is being done about it.
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Dec 20, 2021

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Solar

Mt Isa solar farm to be biggest outside main grids after new contract with local miner
APA will double size of landmark Mica Creek solar farm in Mt Isa after securing a 15-year contract with the local miners, and may add a third stage.
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Dec 17, 2021

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Solar

Solar output hits new records in main grid, but La Niña gets in way of big round numbers
Solar output records posted across the grid, although La Niña got in the way of some big round numbers.
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Dec 17, 2021

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Solar

The solar farm where inverters operate all night, doing voltage control for the grid
New solar farm is using its inverters deliver voltage control at night-time for the local grid.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2021

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Coal

ESB reboots search for capacity mechanism as renewables transition gains pace
ESB starts over in search for a “capacity mechanism” in Australia’s main grid, and is seeking a new round of submissions.
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Dec 16, 2021

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Storage

Greenspot submits application for 1,000MWh big battery at former coal plant
Greenspot lodges development application for Wallerawang battery, and it hopes to have the first stage in operation in just two years.
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Dec 15, 2021

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Solar

Fortescue and Alinta switch on Australia’s biggest solar farm outside of main grids
Alinta and Fortescue open largest solar farm outside of the main grids, and it accounts for 100 pct of daytime electricity needs of two nearby mines.
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Dec 15, 2021

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Wind

South Australia adds another wind farm as it moves towards 100 pct renewables
Second stage of what will be the biggest wind farm in South Australia – at least for a time – has begun sending power to the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 14, 2021

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Storage

Neoen doubles size of Canberra big battery, dumps Tesla for Doosan
Neoen has doubled the size of its proposed Capital big battery, but for the first time has not gone with Tesla technology.
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Dec 14, 2021

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Batteries could offer cheaper alternatives for Sydney and New England network upgrades
AEMO looks at battery storage as quicker and cheaper alternative to at least two of the network upgrades needed for switch to 100 per cent renewables.
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Dec 13, 2021

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