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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.

CEFC to provide $120m to unlock Australia rooftop solar finance
CEFC brings in US solar giant SunEdison to Australian rooftop solar market, and helps local manufacturer Tindo. All told, $166 million will be deployed to expand solar financing and power purchase agreements to avoid up front costs of rooftop solar.
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Jul 22, 2014

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Policy & Planning

HSBC: Australia risks economic isolation from carbon repeal
HSBC says carbon price repeal leaves Australia’s resource-intensive economy – and its farm exports – “even more vulnerable” as world moves in opposite direction.
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Jul 21, 2014

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Featured

Carbon price gone: Next target is wind and solar
Coal generators are celebrating the repeal of the carbon price, and large scale renewables are at a standstill. The next item on the COALition agenda is wind and solar, but consumer groups are fighting back.
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Jul 21, 2014

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Another REDP grant fails, as Petratherm misses geothermal target
Another project allocated funds under the former Labor government has missed its target, with Petratherm advising that it is unable to raise funds for what was once considered one of the country’s flagship geothermal projects.
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Jul 21, 2014

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Macfarlane renews ARENA board, still set on repeal
Government changes mind and re-appoints two directors, but still aims to dump ARENA – despite overwhelming support in submissions.
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Jul 18, 2014

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Policy & Planning

Abbott bets house on coal, as price crashes. And Plan B is?
As Tony Abbott commits Australia’s economy to a fossil fuel future, the market price of coal is crashing, and global capital is turning quickly to clean energy and climate solutions. Has the Abbott government got a Plan B?
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Jul 18, 2014

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CleanTech Bites

Coalition debunks climate science – because it’s too cold
Tony Abbott’s success at “axing the carbon tax” was a signal for the climate deniers in the Coalition to say some astoundingly stupid things.
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Jul 18, 2014

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Raygen says Australia solar exports could top $1bn
Raygen says CSPV technology can be “world’s cheapest”, but that will depend on cost of capital, and level of policy certainty.
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Jul 17, 2014

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Abbott government thumbs its nose at ARENA board
Abbott government defies Senate motion and appoints another bureaucrat to board of ARENA, which now has no directors with relevant commercial expertise.
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Jul 17, 2014

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AGL sees long term gain from carbon repeal, renewable cuts
AGL – once the greenest of utilities – says repeal of carbon price and dilution of renewables target is good for long term value of business.
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Jul 17, 2014

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Name-dropping for renewables funds always doomed to failure
There was a joke running around the clean energy industry that if you wanted to get government funds for a big project, all you needed was a big corporate name.
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Jul 16, 2014

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Hazelwood owner defends tax on solar households
Simply Energy says its $51 extra annual charge to Victorian solar households is not discriminatory, but is justified and transparent.
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Jul 16, 2014

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