Giles Parkinson, Author at Renew Economy - Page 485 of 616

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.

CleanTech Bites

Brookfarm looks east and west for solar powered bakehouse
Brookfarm goes solar with east-west array that matches consumption. Food manufacturers are finding that rooftop solar fits in with production needs.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 18, 2014

6
CleanTech Bites

Tony Abbott’s wind energy witch-hunt elicits one single ice-age dooms-dayer
The Coalition government’s latest witch-hunt against wind energy has not produced a lot of fertile fodder for the anti-renewables brigade.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 17, 2014

12
CleanTech Bites

US slaps higher anti-dumping tariffs on China solar, Australia probe delayed
US slams higher penalties on Chinese solar imports, while the findings of an Australian anti-dumping investigation is delayed again until March.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 17, 2014

1
The golden age of gas is over before it started
The golden age of gas is already over – eaten by solar and wind and its own soaring costs. AEMO says gas-fired production could fall by two thirds over the next five years, as export parity prices it out of market and it is displace by renewables. The one bright spot might be the potential of gas to replace coal generation in a decade’s time.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 17, 2014

32
Network operator sees no future for generators, retailers
Operator of one of Australia’s biggest networks says solar, battery storage and micro grids means the business models of centralised generators and retailers will be made redundant. In other words, no long term future for Origin, AGL or EnergyAustralia. The future is local, and that is bad news for coal, gas and nuclear.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2014

13
CleanTech Bites

Australia leading on clean energy? Not a snowflake’s chance in hell
Australia’s large-scale solar and wind industries are at a standstill. But in the rest of the world…
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2014

3
S.A. network operator to trial micro grids for regional towns
South Australia grid operator to trial micro-grids with solar and battery storage as potentially cost-effective alternative to building or replacing poles and wires.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2014

1
Policy & Planning

Lima leaves Australia, Big Oil, with giant fossil fuel headache
The Australian government and big oil companies like ExxonMobil found they had a lot in common this past week. Both went to the Lima climate talks convinced that the demand for their fossil fuels will never waiver. Both now see political and economic shifts against their rusted on business models.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2014

14
Households to use solar + storage to trade electricity with grid
New technology funded by ARENA will allow households and business to use battery storage to trade electricity. Not just “prosumers” but energy traders.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2014

17
ARENA says funding unresolved, but looking for projects
ARENA CEO says agency will fulfill legal requirement to continue operations, and will seek new project proposals, despite its unresolved funding status.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 12, 2014

1
Australia adds another 75MW rooftop solar in November
Another 15,000 Australian homes add rooftop solar in the month of November, taking total for year to date to more than 170,000.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2014

0
Policy & Planning

Abbott to lead post 2020 climate review: Must be a job for the boys
Tony Abbott and Julie Bishop can’t even get their climate acronyms right. But after seizing control of the RET review, Abbott’s office is now taking control of Australia’s post 2020 climate targets. So who will Abbott choose to lead this review?
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2014

9