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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.

Policy & Planning

“We’re at an inflection point:” Nelson Review may move quickly on some energy market reforms
Tim Nelson says three major themes have already emerged from submissions to the NEM market review, and how to use consumer resources is one of them.
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Feb 28, 2025

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Storage

AGL ready to press go on first wind and battery project after getting approval for bigger turbines
AGL revives a wind project it put on hold in favour of a coal strategy more than a decade ago, and adds bigger turbines and a big battery.
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Feb 28, 2025

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Chart of the day

Australia’s main grid ends summer with a new big solar output record
The last days of the summer season marked with more solar output records across the main grid, and in the Sunshine state.
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Feb 28, 2025

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Storage

Prices fall as first pumped hydro and two eight hour battery projects win landmark storage tender
First pumped hydro project win for a long duration storage tender in Australia, along with another two eight-hour batteries in landmark result that sees falling prices.
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Feb 27, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“Facts, not politics:” Kean fights Coalition attempts to silence him, but will he stand alone?
Matt Kean fights back against Ted O’Brien’s attempts to silence him and the Coalition’s threats to castrate the CCA – again. But where is his support?
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Feb 26, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Trump-lite: Coalition promises purge of experts who call out nuclear bunkum
Federal Coalition ready to take leaf out of Trump’s playbook and attack key institutions and experts who point out its policy failings.
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Feb 25, 2025

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Australia’s main grid sets new solar output record before rooftop PV takes centre stage
Australia hits a new solar output record in the morning period before rooftop solar takes centre stage on the grid.
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Feb 24, 2025

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APA admits slow progress in Pilbara renewables, as gas industry splits over pipelines and imports
APA says Pilbara wind, solar and battery plans depend on customers, but its main focus is on gas and predictions that falls in demand will be negligible in coming decades.
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Feb 24, 2025

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Podcasts

The Driven Podcast: Where are we at with V2G?
Oliver Hill, from Race to 2030, on the new roadmap for turning electric cars into mobile batteries, and who is doing what on V2G.
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Feb 24, 2025

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Renewables

Dutch renewable investors lose money on sale of Australian solar and hybrid assets
Dutch-based renewable energy investor says it has made a loss on the sale of its Australian based solar portfolio, including a small solar-battery hybrid project.
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Feb 23, 2025

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Policy & Planning

NSW announces review into transmission planning as it plots route to renewables and storage
NSW announces review into transmission planning in possible move to have more say about what and where things are built.
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Feb 21, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Elon Musk’s Tesla big battery tweets put Australia on road to green energy, now he might derail it
Musk’s big battery tweets set Australia on a path to a renewables revolution in 2017. His utterings on X in this election could help shape the future of energy in Australia.
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Feb 21, 2025

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