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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.

Storage

Musk flags Powerwall battery upgrade as Texas blackout sparks lift in sales
Elon Musk talks of upgrades to Powerwall 2 battery storage unit, and the critical role of battery storage in a renewables grid.
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Apr 27, 2021

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Breakthrough event: Prime minister Scott Morrison visits a solar farm
Scott Morrison visits a solar farm for the first time, although he can’t actually bring himself to say the word “solar”.
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Apr 27, 2021

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Featured

“Battery of the world”: Australia’s key role in fast transition to wind and solar
Australia well placed to become “battery of the world” if wind and solar can pass political barriers, as well as technical and economic hurdles already jumped.
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Apr 26, 2021

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Storage

Alinta to build second big battery in WA grid, next to Alcoa alumina plant
Alinta plans to build a 100MW big battery next to its Wagerup peaking gas and diesel plant, the second big battery to be built in Western Australia’s main grid.
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Apr 26, 2021

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Storage

Victoria puts out call for virtual power plants with rooftop solar and batteries
Victoria government puts out call for aggregators to expand the state’s offerings of virtual power plants harnessing resources of rooftop solar and household batteries.
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Apr 23, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Biden pledges to slash emissions by at least half by 2030, Japan and Canada follow suit
Joe Biden has confirmed the new climate target for the United States will be to slash emissions by at least half by 2030. Australia refuses to budge.
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Apr 22, 2021

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Big boost for battery storage in new rules that reward fast response on grid
New rules will create a market that favours the fast response of battery storage, wind and solar plants, helping the transition away from coal and gas generators.
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Apr 22, 2021

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Policy & Planning

The scary climate assumptions driving Toyota’s go slow on electric cars
Toyota’s go slow on the rollout of pure battery electric vehicles appears based on the assumption of a climate catastrophe.
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Apr 22, 2021

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Featured

Oceanex eyes massive 10GW of offshore and floating wind farms in Australia
Oceanex Energy hopes to develop more than 9GW of offshore and floating wind farms in Australia, and another 3GW in New Zealand.
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Apr 21, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

The Driven Podcast: The Sunshine state’s plan to go electric
We talk to RACQ head of policy Rebecca Michael about the electric vehicle transition in Queensland.
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Apr 20, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

“Jagged bulldust”: Why the Murdoch media hates electric vehicles so much
Murdoch media serves up some “jagged bulldust” and delivers a record amount of myths and misinformation about EVs to its readers of “common clay.”
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Apr 19, 2021

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Morrison’s $1 billion energy deal with South Australia points to futility of gas recovery
Morrison’s latest energy deal will deliver gas that South Australia doesn’t need any more, but could hasten shift to renewables in that state.
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Apr 19, 2021

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