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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

Was the high cycling of Australia’s most powerful battery too much for crippled transformer?
Speculation is rife on what caused the spectacular failure of a transformer at the site of Australia’s most powerful battery, and what it all means.
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Nov 12, 2025

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Renewables

Deal signed for huge solar battery hybrid in Queensland, confounding LNP government renewable modelling
Portuguese energy giant signs deal with Queensland’s QIC for new solar battery hybrid, indicating some renewable projects will get built despite LNP policy.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 11, 2025

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Storage

Australia’s most powerful battery hit by “catastrophic” failure of transformer
Updated: Australia’s most powerful battery suffers “catastrophic failure” of transformer, putting the delayed project further behind schedule to reach full capacity.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“You’ve got to be joking:” Judge orders council to re-plead its case against contested wind project
Judge says council case against contested wind project has “gone off the rails” and orders it to re-plead its case.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 10, 2025

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Solar

Victoria’s biggest solar project, partially built by robots, injects first power into the grid
The biggest solar project in Victoria to date, which has been a testing ground for robotic technologies, has sent its first power to the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 8, 2025

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Climate

Free solar, nuclear cost blowouts, and “deadly negligence” on climate: A heady mix for the Coalition
If the Coalition stopped for a moment to look at science, ethics and technology, would it change much? A perfect time for Bowen to lob in idea of free solar for lunch.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2025

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Renewables

Apple signs power purchase deal with new solar park as tech giants ramp up Australian PV contracts
Danish-based solar developer lands another major tech giant to buy power from its growing portfolio of large scale PV projects.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2025

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Battery

Elon Musk gets his trillion dollar payday, keeps control of his “tens of billions” robot army
World’s richest man gets his trillion dollar payday and outlines plans to have a robot army numbering tens of billions. “Everyone will want one,” he says.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 7, 2025

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Solar

Renewable energy retailer signs off take deal for newest solar farm in NSW
Renewable energy retailer moves into NSW market with an off-take agreement from the newest, and one of the biggest, solar farms in the state.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 6, 2025

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Storage

China solar giant signs 5 gigawatt hour deal focusing on Australian battery storage portfolio
Chinese PV giant signs a 5 GWh battery supply deal for a portfolio of storage projects, mostly located in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 6, 2025

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Storage

Finance locked in, construction starts at big battery with largest “virtual toll” deal in Australia
Akaysha becomes first battery storage owner to surpass 6 GWh of capacity after sealing finance for new project that features biggest “virtual toll” deal.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 6, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“$300 billion, not $9 trillion:” Net zero report authors put record straight after Nationals inflate costs 30-fold
Authors of net zero cost report say use of their attention grabbing bill headline of $9 trillion is misleading, and the real additional cost is $300 billion. Oops.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 5, 2025

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