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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.

Storage

Alinta sees sub 5-year payback for unsubsidised big battery at Newman
Alinta sees a quick pay-back for its ground-breaking grid-scale battery at Newman, where it is backing up the gas generators, saving fuel costs and lifting reliability.
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Aug 12, 2019

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Stunning low costs inspire Alinta to ramp up renewables push, flag early coal exit
Alinta ramps up renewables push, says falling costs will force coal to close early and that change in coming rapidly to the grid.
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Aug 12, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Rooftop solar slashes demand levels and emissions across main grid
Australian Energy Market Operator data shows rooftop solar pushing down demand in daytime hours and reducing emissions.
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Aug 9, 2019

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Coal

AEMO seeks emergency reserves as coal outages increase across NEM
AEMO seeks bids for emergency reserves as it prepares for another hot summer, and as coal plant outages in Victoria and Queensland jump dramatically.
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Aug 9, 2019

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Storage

Tilt to make decision on Snowtown battery by early 2020, goes cold on solar
Tilt still plans big battery at Snowtown wind complex, but appears to have gone cool on addition of 44MW solar plant.
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Aug 9, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Is regulator’s parting power play against wind farms just a political stunt?
Regulator’s accusations against wind farm operators is directly contradicted by AEMO. Market is stunned by court action and wondering what is going on.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 8, 2019

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Utilities

AGL plans more storage as it eyes $200 billion energy transition opportunity
AGL Energy says it is looking to boost its storage and flexible generation options as it eyes a share of what it describes as a $200 billion investment opportunity that will flow through the market from the clean energy transition. In announcing its $1 billion net profit on Thursday, AGL noted that is has $1.5 […]
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Aug 8, 2019

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The Driven Podcast: Nissan Leaf test drive
Nissan has released its next generation Leaf electric vehicle, with twice the range and the chance to power the home. We take it for a drive.
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Aug 7, 2019

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EnergyAustralia plunges into red after massive writedowns, coal problems
EnergyAustralia, one of country’s big three gentailers, suffers billion-dollar loss as it writes down value of retail business and suffer major problems at its coal generators.
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Aug 7, 2019

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Electric Vehicles

First Tesla Model 3 test drive in Australia: Bloody hell, that was quick!
Tesla holds first test-drives for Model 3 in Australia. We report back from our brief flirtation with the performance version and the standard plus.
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Aug 6, 2019

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Windlab’s solar-wind-battery project finally connected to Queensland grid
Windlab’s world-leading solar, wind and battery project at the Kennedy Energy Park in north Queensland has finally been connected to the grid and energised after an eight month delay. The construction of the Kennedy hub – combining 43MW of wind, 15MW of solar and a 2MW/4MWh Tesla battery – was completed in December but has […]
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Aug 6, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Why solar, wind and EVs will be the death of the petroleum industry
Stunning new report from BNP Paribas signals death toll for petrol: a mix of solar, wind and electric vehicles will deliver more than 6 times the return on investment than oil.
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Aug 5, 2019

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