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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.

CleanTech Bites

Shipping sunshine! Finkel launches race for clean hydrogen in an “electric planet”
Alan Finkel’s hydrogen strategy has raised concerns it could be a prop for brown coal. But if zero emissions is the target, it becomes a race between battery storage and electrolysers.
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Nov 27, 2019

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AEMC told to go back and consult on Cogati, but MLFs still a battle zone
Australian energy market rule maker told to go back and consult with stakeholders over its COGATI process.
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Nov 25, 2019

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Coal

States go it alone on energy after Coalition buries talk of emissions
Coalition buys relative peace at COAG through bilateral deals, but states given no choice but to go it alone on climate and energy.
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Nov 25, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Is Gina Rinehart finally ready to switch to green energy and cut emissions?
Gina Rinehart’s biggest money making venture is looking to “alternative fuel technologies” to reduce costs and cut emissions.
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Nov 25, 2019

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NSW tenders $3.5 billion supply contract in firm test for wind and solar
NSW seeks new 1.8 terawatt hour electricity supply contract, with focus on “fast start” dispatchable capacity, suggesting mix of renewables and gas or batteries.
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Nov 24, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

IPA wants to hit EVs with road tax “before they appear in every driveway”
Infrastructure think tank demands immediate introduction of a 4c/km road use fee for EVs – but not hybrids – “before there is an EV in every driveway”
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Nov 23, 2019

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Coal

NSW announces 3,000MW renewable energy zone, and energy security target
NSW unveils plans for 3,000MW renewable energy zone and “security target” as it admits “firm wind and solar” its cheapest energy option.
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Nov 22, 2019

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Utilities

Origin mulls five different big battery projects, as hydro costs disappoint
Leading utility says it contemplating five big battery projects in four different states, after early feasibility study for pumped hydro returns higher-than-expected costs.
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Nov 20, 2019

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Policy & Planning

If Angus Taylor is so blinded by ideology, he should step down as energy minister
If the energy minister can’t overcome his ideological opposition to wind and solar, or his aversion to new smart technologies, he really should get out of the way.
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Nov 19, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Tesla big battery adds new capacity and services on march to 100pct renewables grid
Tesla big battery in South Australia to get 50% bigger, and to provide critical “inertia” that will hasten the transition to a grid free of fossil fuels.
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Nov 19, 2019

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South Australia’s renewables grid separates from NEM – lights don’t go out
A major network outage in Victoria on Saturday evening caused the grid in the state of South Australia to “island” or become separate from the rest of the main grid. The important news is that nothing happened. There was no load shedding, no generator trips that anyone can identify, and the lights did not go […]
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Nov 18, 2019

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Expanded Tesla big battery will be up to new tricks and services
Expansion of Tesla big battery will not be about just making it bigger, it will also be providing new services to the Australian grid.
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Nov 18, 2019

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