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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.

Utilities

AGL’s Redman: The gentailer model for utilities is breaking down
AGL CEO Brett Redman says the traditional gentailer model for Australia’s big energy utilities is breaking down, and they will have to find new ways of doing business.
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Mar 31, 2021

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Coal

AGL mulls floating solar farm at Loy Yang, and electrothermal solar storage pilot
AGL flags a potential floating solar plant at Loy Yang and an electrothermal solar storage pilot at Liddell.
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Mar 30, 2021

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Multimedia

Video: Why don’t Coalition ministers visit wind and solar farms?
The Federal Coalition likes to boast that Australia leads the world in wind and solar. Curious then, that no ministers have attended an opening of these facilities. Must have been busy.
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Mar 30, 2021

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Coal

AGL may mothball some remaining coal units to manage solar duck curve
Australia’s biggest coal generator may mothball or “cycle” some remaining coal units to deal with solar duck curve and won’t rule out early closures.
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Mar 30, 2021

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Featured

Biggest coal generator AGL to split business in two to focus on renewables transition
Six years after it was first mooted, AGL has accepted that it needs to split its businesses into two to cope with the transition to a renewables grid.
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Mar 30, 2021

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Gas led recovery? AEMO says gas use in grid may all but disappear in 20 years
Coalition’s gas-led recovery plans look increasingly tenuous after AEMO report shows gas use in grid may nearly disappear within 20 years.
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Mar 29, 2021

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Featured

Solar tax may be outrageous. But is it as bad as it sounds?
Solar households have every right to feel aggrieved about the idea of an export tax. And the issue has divided the solar industry.
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Mar 26, 2021

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Solar tax: Networks able to charge households to export solar power to grid
Households may soon be taxed for solar exports sent back to the grid, but the rule maker promises this will eliminate current constraints on exports and make the system fairer.
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Mar 25, 2021

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AGL gives green light to 250MW Torrens big battery in South Australia
AGL gives green light to 250MW Torrens big battery in South Australia, although storage will initially be for one hour rather than the four hours originally flagged.
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Mar 24, 2021

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Battery

AGL lodges plans for 200MW big battery at Loy Yang power station
AGL lodges planning application for a 200MW/800MWh big battery to be built at the site of the Loy Yang brown coal generator in Victoria.
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Mar 23, 2021

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Western Australia sets new record for wind and solar share, and minimum demand
Western Australia sets a new record for wind and solar share in its stand-alone grid, while the growth in rooftop solar pushes grid demand to a record low the following day.
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Mar 18, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

Why petrol and diesel cars may soon be too costly to buy and maintain
Leading analyst says the price of electric vehicles will fall to around $5,000 or below, in the not too distant future, making petrol and diesel cars too costly to buy and maintain.
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Mar 18, 2021

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