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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

Profits from wind and solar farms fall, as APA keeps wary eye on Copperstring
APA reports mixed earnings from its wind and solar farms, but is keeping wary eye on the proposed Copperstring project in Queensland.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2021

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“Backward step:” Industry warns VPPs could be killed by AEMO metering changes
Vast majority of big utilities, battery storage, inverter and software suppliers say AEMO’s proposed reforms could kill market for virtual power plants.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2021

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Utilities

Renewables to deliver bigger returns as Spark seeks to “reinvent green grid”
Spark says it plans to be significant player in renewables, along with its network plays, but will new owners have the same vision?
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2021

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Solar

Bomen solar farm collects damages payment after three week outage
Bomen solar farm collects $1 million in liquidated damages after fault that took the facility offline for three weeks in January.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2021

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“It’s ridiculous:” Lack of leadership leaves Australia starved of capital for energy transition
Leading investment group says Australia is being starved of capital for the energy transition, and the regulatory bodies do not appear to know it.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2021

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Chart of the day

Solar exceeds coal for first time, as renewables set new records on Australia’s main grid
Solar exceeds coal output as renewables set new record share of demand in Australia’s main grid.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2021

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$Market fracture looms as states and power industry split over “Coal-keeper”$

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Market fracture looms as states and power industry split over “Coal-keeper”
National Electricity Market could be deeply fractured by the split among states and industry over the design of reforms designed to bring it into 21st century.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2021

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Coal

Australia’s main grid saw nearly 5,000 negative price intervals in past year
The number of negative pricing events jumped to nearly 5,000 in past year as rooftop solar reduced demand and coal generators tried to avoid shutting down.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 20, 2021

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Solar

Contractor confirms $9.7m write-off on Sunraysia solar farm, pursues inverter supplier
Lead contractor on 200MW solar farm confirms $9.7 million write down, as legal dispute now envelopes inverter supplier.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 20, 2021

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“Digital twin”: Online simulator to help wind and solar farms connect to the grid
AEMO to build an “online twin” of the main grid to allow wind and solar developers to more easily model the impact of their project proposals.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2021

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Coal

1,000 days of baseload outages: Coal failures send electricity prices to record highs
Regulator cites “1,000 days of baseload outages” as reason for highest electricity prices on record. And it wants a “capacity” market?
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2021

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Utilities

Italian energy giant plans another 1,000MW renewables in Australia, seeks retail licence
Europe’s biggest utility plans to add another 1,000MW of renewables capacity in Australia and is seeking a retail licence to focus on industrial customers.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 19, 2021

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