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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.

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Murdoch media gets it hopelessly wrong on wind energy. Again.
Front page “exclusive” on The Australian about wind energy is so spectacularly wrong that it might make you laugh, were it not for the fact that so many conservatives swallow this tripe.
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Jul 20, 2016

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Why gas prices jumped to record levels, and 3,200MW of coal went offline
Regulator report highlights monopolistic gas industry behaviour SA trying to fight. And where did 3,200MW of coal capacity go?
Giles Parkinson

Jul 20, 2016

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Renewables

Frydenberg’s choice: Make a big step forward, or a big step back
He’s been dubbed Mr Coal and talks up nuclear, but chances are Australia’s new energy and environment minister knows the future lies in renewables. The question is can he, or does he want to, convince his conservative peers he should be allowed to take this path?
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Jul 19, 2016

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Storage

World’s biggest solar + storage projects planned for Australia
Australian group plans a 100MW solar project with up to 40MW of battery storage at the edge of the grid in South Australia, plus other projects.
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Jul 19, 2016

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Hunt goes in energy-environment merger, climate denier to head resources
Turnbull names pro-nuclear Josh Frydenberg to head combined energy-environment portfolio, climate denier Matt Canavan to head resources.
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Jul 18, 2016

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How wind and solar removed major price spikes in South Australia
The price spikes that hit South Australia were once common place in Australia, but have now all but disappeared since the build out of wind and solar. But the conservatives don’t want to know.
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Jul 18, 2016

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Storage

LG Chem unveils new battery storage, adding more choice for solar households
South Korean company with biggest share of Australian grid-connected battery storage market has released new range, from stackable 3.3kWh lithium-ion to 9.8kWh.
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Jul 18, 2016

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Murdoch, Coalition go in guns blazing against wind and solar
Coalition and Murdoch media continue attack on wind and solar, ignoring the soaring cost of gas and the actions of the energy market cartel. Meanwhile, fossil fuel generators seek to reinforce their market dominant position.
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Jul 15, 2016

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Mystery as South Australia pleads with gas generator to switch back on
South Australia pleads with state’s most efficient gas generator to switch back on. But what was promised in return? Or was the generator just happy to help?
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Jul 14, 2016

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Storage

Regulator to push networks to consider alternatives to poles and wires
Regulator proposes new rules to force network operators to consider new technologies – presumably battery storage and local renewable energy – as an alternative to replacing new poles and wires.
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Jul 14, 2016

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Storage

Solar Impulse: We’ll see solar-powered passenger planes within 10 years
Fancy a flight in a solar-powered electric passenger plane? According to the two adventurers behind the remarkable Solar Impulse plane completing a unique and fuel-free flight around the globe, that could be a reality within the next decade.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 14, 2016

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Coalition’s myth about renewables and high electricity prices
Coalition says it is “the only ones that can protect against the electricity price rises”. But in week after its re-election, electricity prices were nearly double those during the carbon tax, and soaring gas prices and the investment drought in renewable energy are to blame.
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Jul 13, 2016

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