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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.

Coal

Nearly 95,000 customers lose power over cascading gas generator failures
Nearly 95,000 customers lost power, some for up to four hours, when a gas power station tripped and caused a cascade of failures at other gas units. Who knew?
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Jun 26, 2020

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Expanded Tesla big battery at Hornsdale begins final testing
Tesla big battery at Hornsdale begins final testing before delivering crucial new services, including inertia, to the grid and hastening transition to 100% renewables.
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Jun 25, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Energy regulator considers options to control output of wind and solar farms
Will wind and solar farms lose their “semi-scheduled” status? New software that allows them to dodge negative prices is taking away capacity. And the grid operator is not pleased.
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Jun 25, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Component issues hit Beryl solar farm, New Energy Solar cuts dividend
New Energy Solar says component failures at Beryl solar farm affected output, dividend cut as a result of this and other issues.
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Jun 24, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Albanese ducks and weaves on targets as he seeks energy deal with Morrison
Albanese rules in CCS, rules out nuclear, and indicates compromise on targets as he seeks energy and climate deal with Morrison.
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Jun 24, 2020

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The case for scale: Why bigger solar projects deliver lower costs
The bigger the project, the better economies of scale, new data shows, while Australia’s pipeline of mega-scale projects makes it a world leader.
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Jun 23, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Big utilities split over delays to key reform that backs battery storage
Two big utilities that operate big batteries – EnergyAustralia and AGL – split from peers and argue against proposed delays to five-minute settlement period.
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Jun 22, 2020

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Amazon signs biggest corporate solar PPA in Australia with Suntop project
Amazon identifies solar farm in NSW that will support the biggest corporate PPA with a solar project to date in Australia.
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Jun 22, 2020

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Tesla says energy market reform must be accelerated in Australia, not delayed
Tesla argues for energy market reforms to be accelerated as Australia’s big energy incumbents call for delays.
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Jun 22, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Smoke and high-temperature cut-outs hit solar and wind output in summer from hell
Smoke impacting solar and high temperature failures in wind turbine hubs threw two new curve balls at the market operator as it sought to keep lights on in summer from hell.
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Jun 22, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Incumbents push for even longer delays to crucial 5-minute settlement rule
Major energy incumbents push for an even longer delay to 5-minute settlement rule, as old technologies line up against new in a crucial stepping stone to clean energy transition.
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Jun 19, 2020

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South Australia: The first big grid where rooftop solar could eliminate all demand
South Australia breaking new ground in share of solar and management of the grid. And cautious market operator wants to be able to switch off rooftops if needed.
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Jun 19, 2020

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