Giles Parkinson, Author at Renew Economy

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.

South Australia gives new interconnector more money, to keep momentum of wind and solar boom
South Australia gives more money to early works for Project Energy Connect, to maintain momentum for what it says will be $4 billion investment boom.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 8, 2020

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Storage

Aware Super buys into two US battery storage projects, looks for same in Australia
Australia’s Aware Super buys into two battery storage projects in the US and is looking for similar opportunities in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Do no harm? How Australia’s regulators fumbled the transition to wind and solar
The “do no harm” connection rules introduced a few years ago have had the opposite effect – increasing costs, delays and creating more problems. The industry wants them changed.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2020

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Coal

St Baker’s Delta clashes with solar and battery giants over new system rules
Trevor St Baker’s proposed new “ramping rules” rejected by solar, wind and battery developers, and even by the country’s biggest coal generators.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 7, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Battery storage is challenging the very structure of Australia’s energy market
Battery storage is emerging as a technology “no brainer”, but it is creating headaches for regulators trying to decide who can own and operate them.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 4, 2020

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Solar

Spain’s Gransolar wins contract to build 200MW solar farm in Queensland
Gransolar wins EPC contract for 200MW solar project in Queensland, its fifth large scale solar contract in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 3, 2020

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Neoen and Tesla get to work on Australia’s biggest battery near Geelong
Neoen, Tesla and the Victoria government hold ground-breaking ceremony for the Victorian Big Battery, which will be biggest battery in the country.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 1, 2020

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Coal

Rooftop solar claims its biggest victim yet – Australia’s newest coal generator
One of the owners of the newest coal generator in the country has written off its entire investment, and the growth in rooftop solar is largely the cause.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 1, 2020

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Coal

Vales Point owners pocket another $62m dividend from coal generator bought for $1m
Vales Point owners share in another $62 million windfall dividend from ageing coal generator they bought from NSW government for just $1 million.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 1, 2020

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NSW Government

Largest solar farm in NSW gets planning approval despite “nuclear meltdown” fears
Biggest solar project in NSW approved by planning commission, despite resident concerns of heat islands and glare and council’s fear of “batteries melting down like nuclear”.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 30, 2020

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Wind

REP to fast track 500MW wind component of “battery of the north” renewables hub
REP brings forward 500MW wind component of Bowen renewable energy hub, as state authorities kick off environmental review of “battery of the north”.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 30, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Canavan leads “caravan” for coal, urging Nationals to bury future in fossil fuels
Canavan and Joyce lead the Nationals two day “caravan for coal” in the Hunter Valley, calling for new coal generators and saying bad things about wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 27, 2020

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