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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.

NEG may double carbon price to $35/tonne for industrial sectors
Weak target for NEG will impose an effective carbon price of $35/tonne on rest of economy, or a total of $10 billion, and will ignore cheaper emissions reductions from wind and solar. This as Nationals push for three new coal generators to be funded by government.
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Turnbull’s fine line on climate: Capitulation or denial?
Abbott finally kills off idea that the NEG can be a political compromise. The choice for Malcolm Turnbull is reduced to capitulation or denial.
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Jul 3, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

Solar and battery “hydrogen hub” planned for W.A. micro-grid
ARENA backs “green hydrogen” project in W.A. that will combine solar and battery storage and an electrolyser for a micro-grid trial.
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Storage

Should NSW coal be replaced by South Australia wind and solar?
ElectraNet proposes new link from S.A. that it says will unlock more low-cost renewable energy sources, reduce reliance on expensive gas, and help fill the gap caused by the retirement of more coal generators in NSW.
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Jul 2, 2018

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Storage

Tesla in talks for really, really big battery (gigawatt scale) in California
Proposed Tesla big battery in California will be more than 8 times bigger than the current world’s biggest in South Australia. And there’s more.
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Jul 2, 2018

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Storage

Who are the world’s biggest makers of EV batteries?
Tesla and Panasonic take top spot in latest BNEF ranking of tier 1 li-ion battery cell makers. But China’s CATL getting most attention.
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Jun 29, 2018

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Storage

Tesla batteries arrive for world’s first wind-solar-battery project
Tesla batteries arrive on site at company’s third big battery project in Australia, and at what will be the world’s first grid-connected project combining large scale wind, solar and battery storage.
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Jun 29, 2018

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Coal

Renewables replaced more than half Hazelwood capacity
AEMO data shows some surprising results on the replacement of Hazelwood, and what happened to wholesale electricity prices.
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Jun 29, 2018

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Storage

Why your rooftop solar is best argument against extending coal
As federal Coalition votes to support One Nation push for new coal generator, the best argument against it may be installing more rooftop solar. If parliamentary democracy can’t deliver rational outcomes, then maybe energy democracy can.
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Jun 28, 2018

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Commentary

Windlab urges “choose no NEG” if emissions target unchanged
Windlab CEO says renewables industry better of with no National Energy Guarantee at all, than with a NEG hobbled by 26% emissions reduction target.
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Jun 28, 2018

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How Australia will get to 33% renewable electricity by 2020
Despite best efforts by Coalition government to stop it, Australia will end up with 33% renewables by 2020, will likely get to 40% by 2030, and has enough in pipeline to reach 85%.
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Jun 27, 2018

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Big business lobby declares war on wind and solar
In echoes of the mining lobby’s war on the mining tax, the Business Council vows to fight higher renewable energy targets, even as many big corporates turn to wind and solar and new data suggests that Australia will already have reached 33% renewable by 2020.
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