Giles Parkinson, Author at Renew Economy

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.

Future of fossil fuels: Back-up for renewables
The biggest utilities in Europe’s largest economy are gradually shedding the conventional concept of baseload and peaking power, and replacing it with a vision of flexible and inflexible generation designed around renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2012

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Talison snapped up on bet of a battery-charged future
The world’s largest producer of lithium attempted a float on the Australian market in 2009, but withdrew because of a lack of interest. Now, it has been bought out for double that price in anticipation of a surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, grids and solar storage (and iPads).
Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2012

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Silex quits flat panel solar business in Australia
Silex exits flat panel solar business, following the closure of its cell manufacturing and panel production facilities in Homebush.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 26, 2012

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Five things we learned this week ……
A tale of two utilities; so what happened to solar; and where did all those customers go? Plus: reform at last as energy becomes a political battle, and Rinehart’s gift to the atmosphere.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 24, 2012

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Five things we learned from Origin Energy’s Grant King
Origin is not in the market for any new wind farms; rooftop solar is changing demand profiles, although its own installations have fallen sharply; Origin’s experience with cutting-edge technologies has been painful; better renewables opportunities lie overseas; and the RET review is good.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2012

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Origin Energy writes off Sliver, wind, geothermal investments
Origin Energy writes off investment in Sliver solar, and will take technology back to the lab. It has also written down the rest of its Australian hot rock geothermal interests, and some of its wind energy projects. It has enough RECs to last until 2017, and its biggest renewable opportunities may lie overseas.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2012

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Solar insights: Australia’s top 20 solar companies
The most successful Australian solar companies; one minute solar data to help deployment; is China’s solar bubble bursting?; Kyocera lights up Fiji.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2012

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Ten things we learned from AGL Energy’s Michael Fraser
The AGL Energy boss takes aim at RET review, and network gold plating. Plus his take on solar; why it costs a lot of money to keep a customer; writing off geothermal; Macarthur wind farm on track; flagships project to begin in 2014; and why Loy Yang A was such a dud.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2012

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Solar Insights: Why PV is cheaper at the socket
Solar PV is clearly delivering cheaper energy than the grid, but watch out for those standing charges: Plus: Peak solar body rebrands to reflect the coming of age of solar; ACT predicts a “remarkable” result from nation’s first large scale energy auction.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2012

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GE pledges $10m in search for next big (low carbon) thing
The world’s largest supplier to the energy industry is teaming up with five local VC funds to identify and back breakthrough ideas on cutting emissions.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2012

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AuSES rebrands to reflect solar’s ‘coming of age’
Peak solar body rebrands and repositions as solar emerges as multi-billion dollar industry.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2012

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Renewables: All talk, not enough action
The deployment of renewables in Australia has been consistently hampered by policy uncertainty. And it continues, with the Climate Change Authority expanding its review to almost all aspects of the Renewable Energy Target, including the target itself, the role of the CEFC and rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 20, 2012

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