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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.

Battery

Massive 520 MW battery proposed for historic sheep and cattle station near Canberra
Massive 520 megawatt battery proposed for historic grazing property near Canberra.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Battery

Green bank turns to small solar hybrids and battery retrofits in new $100 million package as mega projects stall
Updated: New CEFC funding focuses on small solar hybrids and battery retrofits, which can be developed more quickly than bigger projects dependent on transmission.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Two coal state energy ministers come face to face and present wildly different visions of the future
The energy ministers of Australia’s two most coal dependent states come face to face. One is looking to the future, the other is happy to be buried in the past.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2026

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Renewables

“Faster and cheaper:” Fortescue says bespoke green grids can tap into data centre, green iron demand
Fortescue says it can build green power for data centres and other energy users faster and cheaper than others.The rapid arrival of the country’s biggest turbines proves its point.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 31, 2026

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Chart of the day

Home batteries have overtaken capacity of grid-scale batteries after rebate bonanza, and reshaped the market
Home battery capacity has overtaken grid-scale batteries, thanks to the federal rebate, and both have helped flatten the price curve as they meet evening peaks.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2026

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Storage

One of state’s biggest batteries sits idle after owner sent into administration
One of the biggest batteries operating in South Australia has been sitting idle for nearly a month following the decision to seek voluntary administration of its owner.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2026

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Renewables

Wind project faces referral due to long distance objectors, citing impacts of a wind farm that doesn’t exist
Public meeting called for wind project due to submissions from mostly long distance objectors, including a group citing impacts of a wind farm that does not exist.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 30, 2026

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Storage

Neoen doubles size of big battery in Australia’s biggest renewable energy hub
Neoen is doubling the size of its Goyder battery in South Australia, which has won key firming contracts with the state government and has a supply deal with BHP.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 29, 2026

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Markets

The eye-watering diesel-fuelled price spikes that are staining progress in Australia’s most renewable state grid
Market prices in Australia’s most advanced renewable state are being distorted by few crazy diesel-fuelled trading periods – in heatwaves and in cold snaps – as batteries caught short.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 29, 2026

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Wind

A 600 MW wind farm has secured a long term PPA with a Queensland state utility – a first under LNP government
Queensland state owned utility signs first major PPA since election of LNP government two years ago, and one of the biggest ever signed in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 28, 2026

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Renewables

Wholesale power prices plunge as renewables surge, batteries boom, and gas hits 23-year low
Wholesale electricity prices plunge as wind displaces coal, batteries push out gas and home storage softens the evening peaks and helps reshape the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 28, 2026

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Renewables

Tallest turbines and longest blades arrive in Australia for 300 km road trip to Pilbara wind site
The longest blades and tallest turbines seen in Australia arrive at port and are now being trucked 300 km to Pilbara wind site.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 26, 2026

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