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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.

Renewables

“We set the rules of engagement:” How one community took control when wind and solar came to town
In the small town of Hay, wind and solar developers were popping up left, right and centre. So the local community decided to take control and set the rules.
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Aug 15, 2025

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Renewables

Wind industry in crisis as utilities and corporate buyers go on investment strike
Wind industry in crisis, with no new commitments, and the major utilities showing no interest in contracting any in the short term.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 15, 2025

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Earnings from biggest solar farms in NSW fall, despite higher output
The owner of the biggest solar farms in NSW reported fall in revenue and earnings from the projects in the first half of 2025, despite higher output.
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Aug 15, 2025

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Renewables

HumeLink opens up to wind, solar and battery proposals, but Snowy 2.0 does not leave much room
The $4.9 billion HumeLink transmission line, key to the giant Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project, is now open to connection enquiries from other wind, solar and battery projects.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 14, 2025

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Coal

Australia’s biggest energy retailer hits go slow button on wind and solar, mulling options on Eraring
Australia’s biggest energy retailer has no short-term plans for new wind and solar, and is hedging its bets on the closure timing of the country’s biggest coal generator.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 14, 2025

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Half the price, a lot more dense, but still very smart: Why baseload giant has doubled down on big batteries
AGL’s biggest battery project will have half the unit costs of its most recent project, and require less than one third the number of containers, despite being twice the size.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 13, 2025

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Storage

AGL says batteries will be its new cash cow as coal fades in switch from baseload to grid flexibility
AGL is rushing to get more big batteries built “as quickly as we can”, because of their big market premiums and ability to offset falling coal and gas profits.
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Aug 13, 2025

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Storage

The $13 billion market for batteries to smooth out data centre spikes
Data centres have voracious and highly variable energy appetites. It is presenting a huge new opportunity for big batteries, which have the technology to keep up.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 13, 2025

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Storage

Big Australian project wins boost US-battery supplier facing break-even year due to Trump tariffs
US battery company Fluence says some big Australian contract wins will boost its bottom line as it faces a possible break even year due to tariff uncertainties.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 12, 2025

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Renewables

Australian super giants take ownership of landmark wind project in asset and equity deal
One of Australia’s landmark wind projects is now fully owned by local super funds, as new Neoen owner Brookfield kicks off its asset recycling plan.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 12, 2025

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Renewables

Wind and solar lulls may not be as bad as thought, but they could be expensive
What happens when the wind don’t blow and the sun don’t shine? New study says such events will be infrequent, expensive, but won’t result in power shortfalls.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 11, 2025

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest coal state sets new “stretch” targets for wind, solar and storage, supersizes tenders
NSW is to fast track tenders, and offer more capacity, as it ramps up its wind, solar and storage targets to keep prices down as coal exits the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 11, 2025

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