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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.

Policy & Planning

If it doesn’t respect the science, Labor might as well put a drover’s dog in climate role
Unless Labor decides to become an opposition, and promote science-based climate and energy policies, they are wasting everyone’s time.
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Jan 31, 2021

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Other Good Stuff

Scott Morrison test drives an electric truck, but can’t find EV policy button
Scott Morrison drives an electric truck. Did it ruin his weekend?
Giles Parkinson

Jan 29, 2021

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Chart of the day

Solar and wind farms – and even some coal units – learn to dodge negative prices
Solar and wind farms are becoming adept at dancing around negative pricing events. Even some brown coal generators are showing surprising flexibility.
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Jan 29, 2021

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Chart of the day

“World first”: South Australia achieves 100pct solar, and lowest prices in Australia
South Australia now boasts cheapest grid power in Australia, thanks to its dominant share of wind and solar, and a world-first milestone of having solar meet all its electricity demand.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 29, 2021

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New wind farm and big battery project seeks planning approval in South Australia
Macquarie and Siemens Gamesa back new big wind and battery storage project near Hornsdale facility in South Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 28, 2021

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Storage

Megapacks drive Tesla battery boom, but supply constraints still bite
Tesla nearly doubles deployment of battery storage in 2020, but supply constraints continue to bite.
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Jan 28, 2021

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CleanTech Bites

Extinction Rebellion has much to learn from Angus Taylor, Australia’s “worst” minister
Gap between Coalition ideology on climate and energy and the rest of the world is so great that even AFR readers voted Angus Taylor worst minister.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 23, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Grid operators turn to wind, solar and batteries as system issues grow
Grid and network operators look to wind, solar and battery storage to supply the essential grid services to be lost as coal and gas plants decline.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 22, 2020

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South Australia doubles size of reserve capacity deal with Hornsdale battery
Updated: Tesla big battery at Hornsdale to double reserve capacity it makes available to state government to help plug gap in inertia.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 22, 2020

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Garnaut’s Sunshot to create Australia’s first renewable energy industrial park
Ross Garnaut’s Sunshot Energy plans renewable energy industrial park in Queensland in what could be a template to revive fortunes of rural Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 22, 2020

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Policy & Planning

South Australia wants all new car sales to be electric by 2035
South Australia aims to make all new car sales fully electric by 2035 and calls on federal government to introduce a fuel emission standard.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 21, 2020

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Wind

Why are the blades not spinning at Australia’s biggest wind farm?
Australia’s biggest wind farm is more or less complete, but its 149 turbines are standing idle more than a year after the original timetable for production. But we are not told why.
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Dec 18, 2020

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