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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.

CleanTech Bites

Snowy’s delayed gas plant finally enters grid system, as Forrest closes in on gas import terminal
Snowy Hydro’s delayed, costly and not very hydrogen gas generators have finally entered the grid management system.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 25, 2025

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Wind

Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy presents another big wind and battery project for federal approval
Squadron Energy has presented a new big wind and battery project in NSW for EPBC approval, just weeks after receiving green tick for another project.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 25, 2025

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Storage

Construction starts on new big battery after landing “first of its kind” debt package in NSW
Construction to start on a new Tesla big battery in New England after its developer claimed the first debt package for a “merchant” battery in the state.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 24, 2025

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CleanTech Bites

Follow the sun: Big batteries now key players in evening peaks, and as clouds smother PV output
Big batteries are playing an increasingly prominent role in serving the evening peaks, and responding to solar disruptions caused by passing thunderstorms.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 24, 2025

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Renew Economy announces new editor, expanded team and new features
Renew Economy has appointed a new editor, a COO, expanded its team and added new features.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2025

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Renewables

Why solar and batteries are the new “baseload”, and now the engine room of the energy transition
Plunging cost of solar and battery storage is likely to save Australia’s giant smelters and refineries, and will also underpin massive new green metal industries.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2025

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Policy & Planning

You want to build a gas fired power station before 2030? Good luck with that
Gas turbines are impossible to buy. “They’re all sold out,” says one major energy investor. And if you can get them, they now cost four times the price.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2025

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Wind

Biggest winner of Bowen’s capacity tender faces more scrutiny after opponents force referral to IPC
The biggest project to win an underwriting agreement under the federal government’s CIS is referred to IPC due to weight of opposing submissions.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2025

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Battery

Four new giant batteries to be built in W.A. as world’s biggest isolated grid navigates transition from coal
Bowen announces four new big batteries for the world’s biggest isolated grid as a result of the latest tender.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2025

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Storage

Too many cooks spoil the battery broth: Delays and added costs for landmark storage project
Updated: Neoen, Australia’s most successful battery storage developer, has encountered delays and added costs as it seeks to bring its latest big project online.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 19, 2025

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Podcasts

The Driven Podcast: Will everything go electric?
AEVA’s Chris Jones on the state of the EV market, and what consumers want from government policy. Plus: The Driven team gets together to discuss what caught their eye at Everything Electric.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 19, 2025

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest solar farm trebles profits despite grid outages
Australia’s biggest solar project delivered a three fold lift in earnings in 2024, boosted by increased output and higher prices, and despite grid constraints.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 19, 2025

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