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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

AEMO pushes storage, new links as renewables head for 60% share
AEMO puts case for accelerated transmission investment, and outlines how storage may evolve as coal plants exit and the grid becomes dominated by renewables.
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Jul 10, 2019

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Huge machine arrives to support Victoria’s biggest solar farm
Huge 212 tonne machine arrives to provide grid support to what will be Victoria’s biggest solar farm. More machines will follow.
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Jul 9, 2019

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Australia just got overtaken by Vietnam for large scale solar installations
Australia has experienced a four-fold jump in large scale solar farms in the last year, but it has still been overtaken by a stunning surge in Vietnam.
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Jul 8, 2019

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Solar

Australia now has more than 9GW of small scale rooftop solar
Australia reaches another key milestone in rooftop solar installations, with 9GW across the country and the 10GW mark likely to be reached by year end.
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Jul 8, 2019

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Wind

Energy Insiders Podcast: An audience with the Rottnest wind turbine
Rottnest wind turbine stands alone but its influence goes far beyond Perth’s holiday playground. It turned Tony Abbott against wind energy. We find out why.
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Jun 26, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Rooftop solar throws massive curve ball to world’s most isolated grid
The growth of rooftop solar in W.A. means the world’s biggest isolated grid could be a blueprint for the planning of a distributed energy system.
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Jun 25, 2019

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Beryl solar farm reaches full output after single month of commissioning
Beryl solar farm reaches full output just a month after energisation.
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Jun 24, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Vestas buys into 4GW Walcha wind, solar and storage hub in NSW
Vestas buys majority stake in 700MW wind project, which forms an important part of the largest wind, solar and storage hub planned for Australia’s main grid.
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Jun 23, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Miners see 50% renewables as standard, but are aiming for 100%
Miners turn corner on renewables, with minimum 50% wind and solar considered the norm, and looking to use cheap renewables to build industries rather than just export ore.
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Jun 21, 2019

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Renewables

BHP energy tender could deliver “game changing” shift to renewables
BHP puts its Chile and Australian electricity contracts out to tender, and expects renewables to feature strongly in “game-changing” shift.
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Jun 21, 2019

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest manganese metals project may go 90% renewables
Renewables could power up to 90% of major new manganese project, and show how cheap wind and solar can help Australia compete in refining and value-added products.
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Jun 20, 2019

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Coober Pedy powered by 100 per cent renewables – most of the time
Coober Pedy hybrid grid operating at world leading 70% share of renewables, and at 100% wind and solar for more than half the time.
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Jun 20, 2019

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