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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.

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Graph of the Day: Rooftop solar is eating big solar’s lunch
In Queensland, not all solar is equal, and rooftop solar is taking a big bite out of the revenue pie of large scale facilities.
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Oct 19, 2021

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Solar

Easiest first step to net zero is to build massive amounts of solar
Solar offers the cheapest and quickest option to cut emissions in the net 10 years. We just need to build more of it, and connect more of it.
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Oct 18, 2021

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Senate committee endorses offshore wind bill, in hope it can help push out coal
Senate committee endorses offshore wind bill, a key stepping stone to several huge project proposals that could help kick coal out of system.
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Oct 17, 2021

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Solar powers more than half of Australia’s grid for first time, coal at record low
As Nationals MPs met to see if they could make coal great again, solar delivered more than half of grid demand for first time, and coal output hit record low.
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Oct 17, 2021

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NSW draws up map for massive 8GW renewable energy zone in New England
The NSW government has drawn up the proposed map of the New England renewable energy zone, which will host 8GW of wind, solar and storage.
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Oct 15, 2021

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Featured

Forrest signs up Plug Power for world’s biggest hydrogen electrolyser Gigafactory
Andrew Forrest chooses US based Plug Power to build massive hydrogen Gigafactory in Queensland, the first of “tens” of such projects planned for Australia.
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Oct 15, 2021

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Webinar: Net Zero – What are we waiting for?
Join a panel of leading experts and businesses that are taking action now to find out what we need to do in this second webinar of the Energy Transformed series.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 14, 2021

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NSW Government

Canadian energy giant advances 2,600MWh pumped hydro project near Bathurst
ATCO progresses pumped hydro project near Bathurst, which it hopes will gain a spot in the first renewable energy zone in NSW to go to tender.
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Oct 14, 2021

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BHP signs landmark renewable energy deal for huge Olympic Dam mine
BHP signs deal with Australia’s largest hybrid wind and solar project to supply much of the power needs of its giant Olympic Dam mine.
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Oct 14, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Forrest attacks Coalition fear mongering, “chicken littles” and fossil fuels
Forrest attacks federal Coalition for fear mongering over switch to green energy, and its focus on fossil fuels in its hydrogen and CCS strategy.
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Oct 14, 2021

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Featured

NSW unveils $80 billion green hydrogen strategy, with incentives to plug into grid
NSW unveils a green hydrogen plan, aiming to attract $80 billion of investment and slashing costs of the technology.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 13, 2021

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Net zero by 2050 means eliminating fossil fuels from the grid by 2035
If Australia joins others in committing to net zero emissions by 2050, it will need to have a zero carbon grid by around 2035 to get there.
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Oct 12, 2021

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