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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.

Commentary

Victoria regulator proposes 29c/kWh solar export tariff in peak period
Victoria regulator proposes 29c/kWh “peak” tariff for solar exports between 3pm and 8pm – a move that is likely to increase the business case for household battery storage.
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Dec 20, 2017

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Queensland coal units send prices negative, because can’t switch off
Negative price are still happening in base-load coal country, and Queensland is proof of that.
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Dec 20, 2017

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Coal

Intermittent: Another big coal unit trips – that’s four in a week
A 700MW unit at Eraring coal plant tripped during Monday’s peak, the fourth coal unit to fail unexpectedly in less than a week. Meanwhile, another three units – equal to Hazelwood capacity – remain off line.
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Dec 20, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

ARENA says renewables could be Australia’s next great export
ARENA launches $20m funding round for hydrogen, both for renewable energy exports and for domestic “power-to-gas” storage.
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Dec 20, 2017

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Storage

Tesla big battery outsmarts lumbering coal units after Loy Yang trips
Tesla big battery steps in after big Loy Yang coal unit trips, and arrests and reverses a dramatic fall in frequency – before the contracted coal unit had time to respond.
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Dec 19, 2017

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Coal

AEMO plans for future (clean) grid, with no mention of base-load
AEMO launches plan for future grid, assuming emission cuts by 2030 twice that contemplated by Australia government, and a network that will be dominated by wind, solar, storage and new transmission. And there is not a single mention of “base-load”.
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Dec 19, 2017

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Markets

AEMC admits, reluctantly, that renewables will push prices down
AEMC admits rises in consumer bills this year should be reversed in the next couple of years. … thanks to solar and wind. But it still seeks to paint “intermittent” renewables in their worst possible light.
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Dec 18, 2017

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Policy & Planning

S.A. Govt fast-tracks switch to renewables with Zen contract
South Australia government fast-tracks switch to 100% renewable energy by signing contract with SIMEC ZEN Energy while Aurora 150MW solar tower and molten salt storage project is built. It will help underpin Zen’s own 1GW solar and storage plans.
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Dec 17, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Byron bay’s world-first solar train gets ready to trundle
World-first solar train – running with its own solar and battery storage – to be launched in Byron Bay on Saturday.
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Dec 15, 2017

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Coal

Audit office slams Australia’s dud investments in “clean coal”
Audit office slams Australia’s CCS funding programs, saying $450 million spent, and nothing achieved: Not a single tonne of CO2 saved, no technology ready for deployment, from a scheme that has been a governance catastrophe.
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Dec 15, 2017

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Coal

Reliable? Baseload? Liddell unit broken and out for most of summer
A 420MW unit at Liddell coal generator is out of action and won’t be available for most of summer; a 700MW unit at Mt Piper also failed, and two other big coal units tripped in the first week of the summer heatwave.
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Dec 15, 2017

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Featured

Biggest game-changer on network spending approved – a decade late
Regulator finally approves demand management incentive scheme, encouraging networks to invest in battery storage and micro-grids, rather than poles and wires. Had it come a decade earlier, it might have negated the climate and energy wars.
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Dec 14, 2017

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