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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.

Renewables

RenewEconomy page views top one million in August, up 66% on last year
RenewEconomy page views break through one million for calendar month for first time, as One Step Off the Grid also grows, and we launch our electric vehicle website, TheDriven.io.
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Sep 3, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

Introducing RenewEconomy’s new electric vehicle website: TheDriven.io
We unveil our new website focusing on electric vehicle news, analysis, road trips and reviews.
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Aug 31, 2018

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Electric Vehicles

The Driven Podcast: Tony Seba on why, by 2025, all new cars will be electric
Why all new cars will be electric by 2025, and why your next purchase could be your last. An interview with Tony Seba.
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Aug 31, 2018

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Queensland says wind, solar key to lower power bills, creates new renewables generation company
Queensland unveils new “CleanCo” power company, and says on target for 50% renewables by 2030. Wind and solar, it says, are key for lower prices.
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Aug 30, 2018

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Taylor confirms no interest in emissions, but says he’s no climate skeptic
Taylor says his focus is only prices, not emissions, and while refusing to credit renewables for recent price falls, says there is a future for “commercially viable” hydro and solar. But makes no mention of wind energy.
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Aug 30, 2018

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Renewables

Energy Insiders Special Podcast: The future of pumped hydro
ANU’s Andrew Blakers and GE’s Bill Armstrong on the future of pumped hydro in Australia. Where and when will it be built?
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Aug 29, 2018

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Renewables

Facebook vows to be 100% renewable energy by 2020
Internet giant Facebook has vowed to source 100 per cent of its considerable electricity needs from renewable energy by 2020.
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Aug 29, 2018

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Renewables haven’t screwed up the grid. Regulators and lawyers have
Does Australia have proper control of its power system? Not according to new analysis of recent high stress events that might turn traditional views of “baseload” and “intermittent” generation on their head.
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Aug 29, 2018

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APA to add solar park to biggest wind farm in Western Australia
APA adds solar farm to new wind project in Western Australia, making second on-grid solar-wind hybrid in the state.
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Aug 29, 2018

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Solar

RCR takes huge write-down on Queensland solar projects
RCR takes huge write downs on one of its flagship solar contracts, while another major contractor laments that “every man and his dog” is in the market.
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Aug 28, 2018

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Can Angus Taylor stop the renewables and storage revolution?
Angus Taylor might be viewed as the federal government’s most “anti-renewables” energy minister yet. But can he really stop the energy revolution as his supporters wish?
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Aug 28, 2018

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A conversation about wind and coal with Australia’s new energy minister
So what does the new energy minister think about renewables and fossil fuels? Our readers, and his fellow MPs, provide some clues.
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Aug 28, 2018

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