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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.

Solar

Genex writes down value of 50MW solar plant due to falling electricity prices
Jemalong solar farm suffers impairment as a result of accounting treatment, as Genex moves forward on its first big battery project.
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Aug 27, 2021

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Featured

NSW stuns with 34GW of wind, solar proposals for New England renewable zone
NSW gets 34GW of project proposals for its New England renewable energy zone, one of five designed to build the capacity to replace coal.
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Aug 27, 2021

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Featured

Independent advice to ESB was strongly against Taylor’s favoured “Coalkeeper” subsidy
Independent advice to ESB warned against capacity mechanism championed by Angus Taylor, and which may pay coal plants to do things they can’t do.
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Aug 26, 2021

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Coal

After three years, Taylor is finally succeeding in his promise to stop wind and solar
Angus Taylor’s main goal when he became energy minister was to stop wind and solar in their tracks. He may finally be succeeding.
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Aug 26, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

The Driven Podcast: Inner city blues – Where to find a fast EV charge
Clean Energy Finance Corp boss Ian Learmonth has an EV, but no garage, and struggles to find a fast EV charger in the city. He shares his views on the EV transition.
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Aug 26, 2021

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

Featured

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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