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Giles Parkinson

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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.

CleanCo signs new deal with Neoen for big wind farm near Cairns
Neoen lands another big contract with Queensland’s CleanCo, this time for the Kaban green power hub near Cairns.
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Oct 5, 2020

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Wind and solar supply more than 50 pct of Australia’s main grid for first time
Wind and solar provide more than 50 per cent of supply for Australia’s main grid for more than three hours on Saturday.
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Oct 3, 2020

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West Australia to build 100MW big battery – the first on state’s main grid
W.A. to build a 100MW big battery with two hours storage to help ease wear and tear of ageing thermal generators and to accommodate more renewables.
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Oct 3, 2020

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South Australia wind and solar served stunning 73% of demand in September
Wind and solar reach record share of 73.3 per cent of South Australia demand in the month of September.
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Oct 2, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Flexible exports: It looks like the future of rooftop solar for households
Trials in South Australia and Victoria to test “dynamic exports”, giving power to networks to manage rooftop solar exports and removing static export limits.
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Oct 2, 2020

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Coal

Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids
Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids, but coal plants also did the opposite of what was required and even the Hornsdale battery missed its mark.
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Oct 2, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Webinar: The EV transition – Policy and practice
Hear how to make the leap to smart, sustainable transport in this first in a series of webinars to discuss the global transition to electric vehicles.
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Sep 30, 2020

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Regulator seeks quick fix to stop wind and solar farms ducking out of market
Regulator finalises “light touch” changes to market rules that will prevent wind and solar dropping capacity with no notice when prices go negative.
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Sep 30, 2020

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Coal

“We are headed for step change:” ESB’s Kerry Schott on new market design
ESB chair Kerry Schott on why new market design will take grid beyond “engineers in brown cardigans” and governments that “buggerise around”.
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Sep 30, 2020

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Audrey Zibelman to leave AEMO to take new role at Google X
Updated with reaction: AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman to leave at end of the year to take a new job at Google’s X “moonshot factory” in San Francisco.
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Sep 29, 2020

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Queensland’s 25th large scale solar farm registered and sending power to the grid
Warwick solar farm becomes the 25th large scale solar project to send power to the grid in Queensland.
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Sep 29, 2020

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CSIRO signs up for 100 per cent solar power with Garnaut’s Zen Energy
CSIRO signs long term deal with Zen Energy to power some of its most iconic sites, including its telescopes, from two large scale solar farms.
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Sep 29, 2020

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