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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Aug 19, 2021

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Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion by 2050
Andrew Forrest says green hydrogen market could be worth $16 trillion, and says fossil fuel hydrogen backed by Australian government is a “smokescreen”.
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Aug 18, 2021

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CEFC readies for big plunge into hydrogen after landmark battery and grid deals
CEFC looking at opportunities in green hydrogen after a year of big grid and big battery investments, and as it looks for “harder to abate” sectors.
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Aug 18, 2021

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Spring is in the air as Australia’s main grid sets record low for winter demand
Mild conditions deliver a new winter demand “low” on Sunday, the new, rooftop solar inspired bête noire for the market operator.
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Aug 17, 2021

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Santos counts on $70/tonne carbon price for flagship CCS project
Santos says its flagship CCS project needs a carbon price, and it is counting on a $70/tonne price by 2030.
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Aug 17, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Steel giant snubs gas on road to net zero, focus on renewables and green hydrogen
Bluescope sets net zero target and says renewables and green hydrogen the key, not gas.
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Aug 16, 2021

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