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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.

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Why Warburton wants to set solar industry back a decade
The Warburton review may cause a brief boom in rooftop solar, but it will kill the prospect of large scale solar farms, and set the industry back a decade in Australia – the country that should be leading the world in solar energy.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 1, 2014

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Commercial scale rooftop solar market facing oblivion in Australia
Solar industry says proposed changes to RET could signal end of commercial scale solar market in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 29, 2014

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Greg Hunt changes tune as policy extremists take control
Greg Hunt has spent the last year saying the costs of the RET are modest. Now, he says, meeting the 41,000GWh target would entail “extraordinary” penalties.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 29, 2014

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Featured

Fossil fuels win battle over RET, but will they win the war?
The predictable findings of the RET Review panel will deliver massive windfalls for fossil fuel generators. But as they celebrate a victory of short term interests over long term public benefits and good policy, their Kodak moment looms larger than ever.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 29, 2014

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CleanTech Bites

Yingli says Australia stalls on solar, as rest of world booms
Yingli says policy uncertainty holding back Australian solar market, as demand in rest of the world – Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas – surges.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2014

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Featured

RET Review panel calls for large-scale, solar schemes to close
RET Review panel appointed by Prime Minister Tony Abbott calls for closure of the renewable energy target to new entrants as one of two options it is recommending to the government. It also wants small scale scheme closed or limited to installations of less than 10kW.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2014

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CleanTech Bites

BNEF: RET changes to cause bankruptcies, kill industry for decade
BNEF says presumed changes to RET will cause string of bankruptcies, and effectively kill renewable energy industry in Australia for a decade.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2014

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Policy & Planning

Abbott is blindsiding mainstream media on green energy
Fairfax’s media flagship has called on Tony Abbott to protect the RET, and then recommended a raft of policies to do exactly the opposite. It’s another example of why the Abbott government’s destruction of a $20 billion industry is and will not be questioned in mainstream media.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2014

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Solar in 22.6% of homes in SA, as renewables hit 2020 target
Solar now in nearly 1/4 homes in South Australia, as official data shows renewables hit state’s ambitious 2020 target, and emissions fall sharply.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2014

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University plea to Abbott: Don’t kill Australia’s world leading solar R&D
As Abbott government renews attempts to kill ARENA, academics warn Australia could lose world leading position in solar research.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 26, 2014

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UNSW aims to lift solar cell efficiency to more than 40%
UNSW research led by Martin Green into “stacked” solar cells one of 12 groundbreaking projects to get funding from ARENA.
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Aug 26, 2014

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Australian renewable energy industry facing destruction
Miles George, head of Infigen Energy, says the renewable industry faces destruction if – as appears increasingly clear – the Abbott government makes substantial reductions to the renewables target. Job losses, company failures, and legal action, will inevitably follow.
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Aug 26, 2014

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