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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.

Why generators are terrified of solar
And why Australia may end up as a nation of island grids. A new graph shows how solar PV is not just licking the cream off the profits of fossil fuel generators in Germany, it is eating the cake as well. And a graph to show that green energy incentives are costing you very little.
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Mar 26, 2012

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Solar windows could cut building energy use by half
ECU develops technology that generates electricity by diverting infra-led light passing through windows to PV cells located in the window frame.
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Mar 26, 2012

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15 R&D projects that could reshape solar technology
Government and the ASI unveil 15 solar research projects under the latest round of funding.
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Mar 23, 2012

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Five things we learned this week ….
Crazy weather in the US, where even the minimums are higher than the maximums; why Palmer is right about CIA and coal; Ted’s brown cow; Obama’s energy flat earthers; and why solar will eat the coal industry’s lunch.
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Mar 23, 2012

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Mixed Greens: AGL buys rights to 1000MW wind farm
AGL buys rights to 1000MW Silverton wind farm, vendor Epuron rails against planning fees, and Airbus joins mallee jet-fuel consortium.
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Mar 23, 2012

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Shock of the new energy business models
CEO of one of America’s largest utilities says distributed solar the biggest game-changer to the energy industry in decades. And why energy politics sucks.
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Mar 23, 2012

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More fun from the Ministries of Silly Numbers
Canberra might have had better luck with its solar predictions had it read its own press releases. And they got coal wrong too.
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Mar 22, 2012

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Solar Oasis sets out to bust some solar myths
The people behind the 40MW ‘big dish’ solar plant in Whyalla are taking an innovative approach to financing which has implications for future projects and energy retailers. And they are thinking of adding some gas and a 5MW PV project for good measure.
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Mar 22, 2012

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$230m Whyalla solar dish project signs funding deed
The developers of the $230 million Whyalla Solar Oasis project, using unique solar dish technology developed at ANU, finally sign funding deed.
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Mar 21, 2012

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Tech Focus: Silex begins production at first CPV plant
Silex Systems says unique CPV technology already competitive with other utility scale solar, and heading below $150/MWh.
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Mar 21, 2012

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Solar’s hidden boom: 15GW of PV by 2022?
The Draft Energy White Paper sees virtually no role for solar in Australia’s energy grid in the next 20 years. But private forecasters say it could account for nearly one third of capacity. How did the government get so blind-sided, and will industry models be able to cope?
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Mar 20, 2012

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Melbourne data centre plans largest private solar array
Plans announced for first rooftop solar PV array for an Australian data centre, with more to follow.
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Mar 20, 2012

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