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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.

CleanTech Bites

CEFC looks to pump-prime Australia’s flagging renewable energy economy
CEFC steps into funding gap for renewables projects, teaming up with institutional investors to create a new $1bn financing pool.
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Apr 14, 2016

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Turnbull government announces new directors to ARENA board
Some of Australia’s most prominent clean energy and climate change professionals have been named to ARENA board. Shame about the funds.
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Apr 13, 2016

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Why rise of solar, and fall in costs, still shocks energy experts
Solar continues to defy its doubters, with capacity being built cheaper and fast than anyone predicted. Solar capacity is now expected to rise 10-fold to 3.4 million megawatts by 2040, with more than 100 million off-grid households to access solar in developing countries by 2020.
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Apr 13, 2016

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Citizen utility: Housing estate to offer solar, storage and EVs to residents
New housing development in Fremantle will offer rooftop solar, battery storage, electric vehicles and peer-to-peer trading to its residents. Welcome to the “citizen utility”.
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Apr 13, 2016

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Not dead yet: Miners want to “gasify” closed brown coal mine in SA
As SA nears 50% renewables, one company plans to “gasify” reserves of closed Leigh Creek coal mine, in hopes of building “baseload” gas plant.
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Apr 12, 2016

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Australia could be world leader in solar-powered electric vehicles
Major utility says Australia could be world leader in uptake of solar-powered electric vehicles. Using the high penetration of rooftop solar, it recommends a series of initiatives to increase volumes and drive down prices. Brown coal generators are also in its sights.
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Apr 11, 2016

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Greens want South Australia to be 100% renewable energy by 2030
Greens say South Australia should be 100% renewable energy by 2030, a path that will help it attract investment and jobs.
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Apr 11, 2016

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WA takes lead and tells utility to close down fossil fuel generation
WA energy minister instructs utility to close down 380MW of excess fossil fuel capacity, and hails the role of rooftop solar and battery storage in being able to reform a market weighed down by massive fossil fuel subsidies.
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Apr 8, 2016

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Australia adds another 59MW rooftop solar in March, now at 4.8GW
Rooftop solar market continues recovery in March to match first quarter installations of 2011 and 2012.
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Apr 8, 2016

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Tesla Model 3 orders jump to $A18.5 billion – biggest product launch ever
Tesla says Model 3 orders mean it is biggest ever product launch, and says this has been the week that took electric vehicles into mainstream.
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Apr 8, 2016

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Six reasons why Australia should accelerate uptake of electric vehicles
Encouraging electric vehicle uptake will deliver benefits on emissions, health, fuel security, jobs, consumer choice and on costs, says consortium of utilities, EV equipment providers and research groups.
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Apr 7, 2016

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Should Turnbull follow French lead and invite Tesla to build EVs in Australia?
Malcolm Turnbull is a big fan of Tesla, and innovation, so should be follow France’s lead and ask Elon Musk to build electric vehicles at an old factory? A consortium of utilities and others in Australia wants the government to stop its “do-nothing” approach to EVs.
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