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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.

Storage

Giant battery gets first green tick as South Australia speeds up approvals in race to 100 pct renewables
Giant battery project next to South Australia’s first and biggest solar farm is the first to get environmental approval under the state’s streamlined process.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2025

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Renewables

“Oh no, not you too!” Talent exodus continues at Clean Energy Council
Updated: More key executive leave the Clean Energy Council, continuing an exodus since board elections dominated by the big end of town.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2025

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Wind

Owner of Australia’s biggest wind farm buys massive pipeline of battery, wind and solar projects
TagEnergy, the owner of Australia’s biggest wind farm, has snapped up a huge pipeline of mostly wind and battery projects that it says will supercharge its business.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2025

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Coal

This Australian utility will soon be the first to have more big battery capacity than coal
In a little over two years, this state-owned generator will be the first to have more big battery capacity than coal, underlining rapid shift to flexible and clean power sources.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2025

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Storage

Giant batteries may be used as lower cost way to boost capacity in stranded renewable zones
EnergyCo confirms more giant “shock absorber” batteries being considered to unlock stranded wind and solar projects in key renewable energy zone.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 26, 2025

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Chart of the day

Super “shock absorber” battery smashes records again as it charges and discharges at unseen levels
Waratah Super Battery is charging and discharging at unprecedented levels. Soon it will overtake the biggest coal plants, which can’t come close to its flexibility.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2025

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Climate

Australia urged to go hard on 2035 targets as latest data points to solid fall in emissions in last year
Latest data shows Australia is on track on its emissions targets. And while Albanese slams the Coalition as anti-science, is Labor prepared to actually follow the science?
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2025

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Storage

Australia’s first two gigawatt-hour battery is now commissioned, to soak up rooftop PV at massive scale
Neoen’s Collie battery has completed commissioning, with nearly 20 times more storage than the original Hornsdale battery, It is the first of many at that size.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2025

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Renewables

Giant wind project cuts turbine size and numbers as it seeks new ways to join the grid
One of a number of giant renewable energy projects stranded by the lack of grid capacity has proposed another cut in turbines numbers, and project size.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2025

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Renewables

Solar farms run at a loss due to curtailment and poor weather
Insights into the financial performance of solar farms in Australia are rare. What is clear is that the last six months have not been good, due to curtailment and low prices.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2025

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Storage

Stunning success of home battery boom will slash rooftop solar exports, and reshape the grid – again
Australian households are not just putting in more solar batteries, they are putting in bigger ones. And that has big implications for how the grid is managed.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2025

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Storage

Banpu buys another Australian big battery project, as solar hybrid next door gets grid go-ahead
Thai energy giant buys another Australian big battery project as it gets approval to sell power to industrial customers, while a new solar battery hybrid gets grid approval.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2025

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