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Giles Parkinson

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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.

Coalition says it will seek more cuts to clean energy programs
Cormann and Hunt says ARENA “savings” will be recaptured by cutting money to the Clean Energy Innovation Fund, before being forced to backtrack.
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Sep 14, 2016

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Policy & Planning

New coal plans in Victoria, South Australia under scrutiny
EPA to scrutinise Engie plan to burn more coal at Loy Yang B, while BHP Billiton is reported to be considering re-opening the closed coal generator in Port Augusta.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Why Craig Kelly should stop parroting Bjorn Lomborg’s attack on solar
The attacks on solar by Craig Kelly, the new head of the Coalition’s environment and energy committee, know no bounds, and no facts. Here’s why his claims are rubbish.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2016

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Solar

SolarReserve aims to build 6 solar tower power plants in South Australia
SolarReserve unveils plans for six large scale solar tower and molten salt storage plants in South Australia, but says it needs a contract to build the first one. But will the state government reach for the sun, or fall back on old gas plants?
Giles Parkinson

Sep 13, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Garbage in, garbage out: Why the CCA got it so wrong
Australian climate policy is being framed on the basis that the country should proceed as slowly as it possibly can – a course that is being justified by technology cost estimates heavily tilted against solar. No wonder the CCA is so confused.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 12, 2016

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South Australia’s “new” competitor shut down a week before Northern
The 17yo Pelican Point gas generator, deemed a “new competitor” by SA govt, withdrew its services just over a week before Northern coal plant closed.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 12, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

NSW energy minister blames Basslink for SA price spikes
NSW energy minister blames Basslink “outage” for South Australia price spikes. Sorry minister, wrong state, wrong link, and it was working at the time.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2016

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It’s official: Australia now has 5GW of solar on its rooftops
Australia has officially broken through the 5GW barrier for rooftop solar, with more than 1.51 million homes and businesses now generating their own power.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 9, 2016

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New hope for solar towers, but South Aust. loads dice to favour gas
New energy tender could provide new avenue for solar towers with storage as South Australia seeks new entrants into electricity market to reduce the stranglehold of a small group of gas-fired generators. But the government has loaded the dice in favour of a previously mothballed but now operating gas generator.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2016

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Solar

Origin seeks to build major portfolio of large scale solar plants
Origin Energy plans major portfolio of large scale solar plants after winning government funds for 103MW solar farm next to its Darling Downs gas-fired generator.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2016

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Featured

ARENA announces large scale solar grant winners, 480MW in total
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency today announced the 12 large scale projects that won grants in what could be the agency’s last major funding round if most of its remaining monies are stripped by the Coalition and Labor parties.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Lyon confirms plans for two big solar + storage plants in Australia
Lyon Solar plans world’s two biggest solar plus storage plants in South Australia and Queensland, despite not receiving money in ARENA large scale funding round.
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Sep 8, 2016

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