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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.

Switching off rooftop solar will become an important feature of a renewables grid
About 10,000 South Australian households had their rooftop solar switched off on Sunday. They probably didn’t even notice the intervention, and certainly not their place in Australia’s grid history.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 16, 2021

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$Inverters are solving grid issues at fraction of cost of spinning machines$

Inverters are solving grid issues at fraction of cost of spinning machines
Solar farms in Queensland say tuning inverters is solving grid problems at a fraction of the cost of synchronous condensers some project developers have been obliged to install.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 16, 2021

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Fire takes out biggest gas generator in South Australia, AEMO curtails rooftop solar
Havoc in South Australia grid as fire sidelines biggest gas generator, sending prices soaring, and AEMO steps in to take out some rooftop PV for first time to deal with plunging demand.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 15, 2021

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Solar

Problems deepen at Shell’s Gangarri solar project as contractor in receivership
Sterling and Wilson appoints own subsidiary to continue work on Shell’s Gangarri solar project after previous contractor went into receivership after dispute over payments.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 12, 2021

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Storage

Neoen aims for big batteries in every state following success of Tesla big battery
The Tesla big battery at Hornsdale was Neoen’s biggest money spinner in the past year, and the company plans to have big batteries in every state.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 12, 2021

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Featured

Massive $3 billion wind, solar and battery project approved in South Australia
Massive Goyder South wind, solar and battery storage project in South Australia gains planning approval, with first stage to begin construction later this year.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 11, 2021

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Coal

Video: Coal is out, batteries are in
The energy industry has decided that coal is out and wind, solar and big batteries are in. The biggest road block is the federal energy minister.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 11, 2021

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Coal

Australia’s big fossil fuel generators are being replaced by big batteries
Australia’s ageing fleet of coal and gas generators are being replaced by big batteries.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 10, 2021

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CleanTech Bites

Storms, delays, constraints and low prices batter UK fund’s Australian solar portfolio
Foresight Solar fund hit by storms, delays, network constraints, falling power prices and poor sunshine at its Australian solar farms.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 10, 2021

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Solar

Snowy signs up new 90MW solar farm as part of retailing deal with BP
Snowy Hydro signs 15-year contract with Lightsource bp for a new solar farm that will help deliver 100 per cent renewable energy to the oil giant’s retail outlets in NSW.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 10, 2021

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Videos

Video: Gas and CCS? Australia needs to move on, and quickly
Australia’s major political parties are stuck with old energy technologies. We need them to catch up, and soon.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2021

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Solar

Australia achieves record large solar energy output on Friday
Utility scale solar output its hits record level in Australia’s main grid on Friday, although it was still just half that of rooftop solar on households and business.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2021

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