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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.

Australia’s world-first wind-solar-battery plant faces lengthy commissioning delays
Windlab says commissioning of its Kennedy wind-solar-battery storage facility in Queensland pushed into next year after contractor failed to secure GPS.
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Oct 25, 2019

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South Australia puts energy contract out for tender after failure of solar tower
South Australia government begins search for new electricity supplier to replace cancelled contract with solar tower power plant planned for Port Augusta.
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Oct 24, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

Tesla shares soar as earnings stun doubters, Musk aims for global domination
Upbeat Tesla says it has turned the corner, and now aims to sell 20 million cars a year and become a giant distributed global utility, combining EVs, battery storage and solar.
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Oct 24, 2019

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Lightsource BP secures finance for first 200MW solar plant in Australia
Lightsource BP to build its first solar plant in Australia, a 200MW facility in NSW that will supply cheap power to Snowy Hydro.
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Oct 24, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Why the nuclear lobby makes stuff up about cost of wind and solar
Nuclear lobby has been making such extraordinary and outrageous claims about wind, solar and batteries it makes you wonder if anything they say about energy can be taken seriously.
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Oct 23, 2019

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Utilities

Harvey Norman, IKEA lead big retailing buyers group looking for renewables
A group of 41 large format retailers, including Harvey Norman, IKEA and Bunnings, look to renewables after getting approval for “bulk-buy” tender for electricity needs.
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Oct 23, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

The Driven Podcast: Why all delivery vans are going electric
SEA Electric boss Tony Fairweather predicts that within five to 10 years, all delivery vans in Australia will be electric.
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Oct 23, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

AEMO hints at “staged transition” as it seeks to define limits of wind and solar
AEMO looks overseas for best practice on renewables integration and may adopt a “staged transition” as it seeks to determine if there is an upper limit to wind and solar.
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Oct 22, 2019

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Coal

BHP cancels coal contracts, goes 100 per cent renewables at huge Chile copper mines
BHP cancels existing coal contracts and commits to going 100 per cent renewables at its huge Chile copper mines, to save money and emissions.
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Oct 22, 2019

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Rooftop solar pushes South Australia grid demand to new record low
Rooftop solar helps push operational demand to a new record low in the renewable state of South Australia.
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Oct 21, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Distributed solar to lead global renewables surge, as costs fall another third
Distributed solar to be largest source of capacity additions in next five years, utility-scale PV, onshore wind and hydropower.
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Oct 21, 2019

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Solar

Lyon Solar companies in liquidation, Deloitte looks for buyers for projects
Three Lyon companies placed in liquidation by Deloitte, just days after group announced solar and storage deal with Chinese power company.
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Oct 20, 2019

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