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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.

Australia’s best performing wind and solar farms in October
Best performing wind farms split between north, south, east and west, but the solar results were more predictable.
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Nov 3, 2024

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Chart of the day

Australia reaches record monthly renewable share of more than 47 pct, and poised to leap further ahead
Australia’s main grid reached a record renewable share of 47.4 pct for October, while in South Australia wind and solar accounted for an average 85.2 per cent of state demand.
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Nov 3, 2024

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Chart of the day

More records tumble as renewables hit new high and coal a new low
Rooftop solar propels renewables to a new record share of the main grid, and pushes fossil fuel generation to a new low.
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Nov 1, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Broken Hill fiasco shows why we need to rethink the grid, and turn it upside down
Broken Hill is back on the grid, ahead of schedule. It wasn’t quite Mad Max, but the outages and lack of resilience are highlighting calls for a complete rethink of the grid – starting with consumer.
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Nov 1, 2024

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Forrest gets planning approval for $2 billion wind and big battery project in central west
Andrew Forrest’s Squadron Energy passes another planning hurdle for its proposed 700 MW wind farm and 1800 MWh battery project in NSW.
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Nov 1, 2024

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Renewables

Australia 3D network modelling firm lands $45 million to target global markets
Australian start-up attracts $45m from some of world’s biggest PE funds and a local billionaire for its digital twin technology helping network companies manage their assets.
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Oct 31, 2024

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Renewables

Neoen told it must sell renewable and battery hubs to allow Brookfield deal
Neoen told it must sell its operating and development projects in Victoria if the proposed takeover by Brookfield is to pass muster.
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Oct 31, 2024

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Storage

Origin begins construction of four-hour battery addition to help replace Australia’s biggest coal generator
Origin says it has begun construction on the second stage of the giant two gigawatt hour battery that will help replace Australia’s biggest coal generator.
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Oct 30, 2024

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CleanTech Bites

Big battery revenues surge in latest quarter, helped by being paid to charge as prices fall below zero
Market revenue for Australia’s growing fleet of big batteries near trebles, driven by price volatility and from being paid to charge when wholesale prices fall below zero.
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Oct 30, 2024

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Renewables

Big batteries lead renewable charge as record 45 gigawatts of new capacity seeks grid connection
AEMO reports significant increase in the capacity of new wind, solar and storage projects seeking a grid connection, with the total now exceeding 45 gigawatts for the first time.
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Oct 30, 2024

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Rooftop PV pushes grid demand and coal output to new lows as NSW gets ready for solar switch-off
Rooftop PV pushed grid demand and coal output to new record lows, as NSW prepares to join other states in introducing a household solar switch off mechanism.
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Oct 29, 2024

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Podcasts

The Driven Podcast: The Chinese electric trucks are coming
Windrose, a newly emerging maker of electric heavy trucks, has just completed a road trip from Melbourne to Sydney and has its eyes on the Australian market. Advisor Jason Roycht explains why it might not just be Chinese EVs on our roads.
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Oct 29, 2024

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