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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.

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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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Storage

Tesla big battery goes the full discharge – 100MW – for first time
Tesla big battery discharges at full capacity – 100MW – for first time as world’s largest lithium ion battery continues shake-down of capabilities.
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Dec 14, 2017

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Six factors that make battery storage add up for households
New Queensland study based on a series of home battery storage trials gives some insight into what can make batteries interesting for households, what might motivate them, and how the network might use these assets into the future.
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Dec 14, 2017

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Storage

AGL says batteries are coming, but coal is uninvestable
AGL says no private investor would invest in new coal plant, but says battery storage is coming and will be a major game changer as costs fall – which is not far away.
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Dec 13, 2017

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Storage

What is the Tesla big battery actually selling? It’s not just energy
Tesla big battery is starting to play more in the energy markets, but it has also been active in the less visible “services” market. Smarter, quicker, cheaper and cleaner than gas.
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Dec 13, 2017

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Storage

Woodside gas platform installs first battery micro-grid – to burn less gas
Woodside gas platform installs a 1MWh battery so it can use less gas in its generators.
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Dec 13, 2017

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Featured

Turnbull blows trumpet for right wing idiocy on energy
Malcolm Turnbull now appears perfectly comfortable parroting right wing nonsense about energy policy, branding high renewable policies as “idiocy” and defending the future of coal. That may be because mainstream media won’t challenge him.
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Dec 12, 2017

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Storage

AEMO relaxes constraints on wind power in South Australia
AEMO relaxes limits on wind generation in South Australia as it continues to review system strength needs of the grid with the highest penetration of wind and solar in the world.
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Dec 12, 2017

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Consumers short-changed by Liddell closure plans
Consumers should be doing a lot better out of the closure of Liddell – and the inevitable closure of other coal generators. But they need governments to act to encourage the efficient use of energy.
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Dec 11, 2017

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Storage

Zibelman: Resisting energy transition like trying to resist internet
AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman says energy transition as unstoppable as the internet, because economics and technology have changed. Some baseload may be needed in the future, but it doesn’t need to be coal.
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Dec 11, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Maoneng lands Australia’s biggest solar PPA – 300MW – with AGL
China-Australia renewable energy firm lands PPA with AGL for construction of 300MW of large scale solar – the biggest contract so far in Australia.
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Dec 10, 2017

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Storage

AGL plans 1.6GW wind and solar, plus storage, to replace Liddell
AGL confirms plans to invest in 1.6GW of wind and solar, plus storage and other technologies, to replace the ageing coal clunker, Liddell, which it will close in 2022, much to the annoyance of the federal Coalition.
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Dec 10, 2017

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