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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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Australia’s breakthrough solar tech has eye on rooftop and mega-project markets
SunDrive’s breakthrough moment in solar cell technology could be a game-changer for Australian solar projects and for local solar cell production.
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Sep 15, 2021

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Policy & Planning

“Unforgivable:” Australia’s emissions cuts from grid slower than other major economies
Despite Australia’s rapid deployment of wind and solar, it still trails other major economies in the scale of emissions reductions from the grid.
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Sep 15, 2021

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Multimedia

Rooftop solar sends minimum demand to record low in coal dependent NSW
Rooftop solar sends operational demand to a record low in NSW, the state grid with the heaviest dependence on coal.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2021

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Utilities

Tesla calls for a 20 gigawatt storage target for Australia
Tesla calls for storage target of 20GW to help ensure enough dispatchable capacity is built to support a grid dominated by wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2021

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Wind

Epuron pushes forward with huge wind farm in north Queensland
Epuron moves forward with what would be the biggest wind farm in northern Queensland, close to what was the state’s only wind farm for nearly 20 years.
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Sep 13, 2021

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Snowy 2.0 hit by another blow out in costs, and consumers will foot the bill
New report questions assumptions over costs and benefits of new transmission link for Snowy 2.0, and why consumers will be lumped with the cost.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Matt Kean: We absolutely can cut out coal generation by 2030
NSW energy minister says “we absolutely can” end coal generation by 2030, and says he won’t appeal a recent court case.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2021

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Solar

Flexible PV: South Australia trials new solar export rules as it heads to 100 pct solar
South Australia to introduce flexible exports for new and upgraded systems as it seeks to manage the growing dominance of rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2021

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Storage

Queensland’s first big standalone battery charges up for first time
The first big standalone battery in Queensland grid has begun charging and discharging in the first phase of is commissioning process.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2021

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Policy & Planning

How carbon lobbyists control the climate policy debate in Australia
New report identifies which fossil fuel companies and lobby groups are exerting the greatest control over the federal government on climate policy.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2021

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Australia smashes renewables record again, hits 58.3 per cent on main grid
Australia has easily beaten its previous record for the share of renewables on its main grid, and set a new record for the share of wind and solar.
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Sep 9, 2021

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Huge wind, solar and battery project proposed for central Queensland
RES and Energy Estate propose a 900MW wind, solar and battery project, part of a plan for 2GW of renewables to support major industrial loads.
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Sep 9, 2021

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