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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.

Graph of the Day: Coal, nuclear subsidies vs renewables in Germany
New research shows cumulative subsidies to coal and nuclear are each double that of renewables in Germany, and adding nearly a third to household costs.
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Jan 20, 2015

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Al Gore: Even laggards are starting to act on climate
Former US vice president and climate campaigner Al Gore confident global climate change agreement will be struck in Paris, noting that even traditional laggards are acting.
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Jan 20, 2015

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Why solar costs will fall another 40% in just two years
Even the world’s biggest fossil fuel producers recognise that solar is winning the cost war. In the next two years, solar costs will fall even further – as much as 40 per cent. Here’s how.
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Jan 20, 2015

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Global award for Melbourne school’s innovative energy program
Melbourne girls school that encouraged its students to become “human generators” plans solar, wind and hydro additions after winning major global energy prize.
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Jan 20, 2015

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Record low solar prices heralds power shift from fossil fuels
As oil prices continue plunge, a Saudi Arabian company has bids record low solar PV price in world’s largest tender, and a record low price for solar tower and storage. Yet another sign of the major transition in energy markets.
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Jan 19, 2015

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Utility of the future – solar, storage, EVs and micro-grids
NRG – the biggest privately owned generator in US – accepts a low carbon grid is inevitable and is getting in early to tap trillion dollar market.
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Jan 19, 2015

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CleanTech Bites

Graph of the Day: The plunging cost of renewables
Renewable costs are plunging, and IRENA says perceptions that renewable power generation technologies are expensive or uncompetitive are a dangerous fallacy.
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Jan 19, 2015

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Queensland businesses turn to solar to offset soaring bills
The move by businesses in Queensland to adopt rooftop solar appears to be accelerating.
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Jan 16, 2015

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How it took just one generation to stuff the planet
In just a single life-time, unchecked human activity has put life on Earth in peril, according to two new research papers. Four of nine critical planetary processes have been crossed since the detonation of the first atomic bomb signalled the start of the Anthropocene, when human activity took over from natural variability.
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Jan 16, 2015

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NSW solar uptake doubles after Solar Bonus scheme dumped
The amount of household solar has doubled in NSW since solar bonus tariff dumped. And it is tipped to rise 5 fold over next 20 years.
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Jan 16, 2015

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Australian households installed rooftop solar system every 2.8 minutes in 2014
Australian households installed more than 185,000 rooftop solar systems in 2014 – one every 2.8 minutes – as installations totalled 814MW.
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Jan 16, 2015

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Graph of the Day: Myth of cheap shale gas and cheap energy
The shale boom has seen gas prices fall by nearly 90% in the US, but electricity rises have risen all the same. Hence the interest in solar.
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Jan 14, 2015

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