Giles Parkinson
Giles Parkinson is a journalist of 30 years experience, a former Business Editor and Deputy Editor of the Financial Review, a columnist for The Bulletin magazine and The Australian, and the former editor of Climate Spectator.
Giles Parkinson is a journalist of 30 years experience, a former Business Editor and Deputy Editor of the Financial Review, a columnist for The Bulletin magazine and The Australian, and the former editor of Climate Spectator.
Ausgrid
Battery
CleanTech Bites
Storage
Utilities
Western Power
Ausgrid, United accelerate network push into community battery storage
Sydney and Melbourne network companies push into community-level battery storage to boost rooftop PV uptake and defer grid upgrades. Are energy retailers getting nervous?
AEMO
Audrey Zibelman
CleanTech Bites
Governments
Institutions
People
Renewables
Solar
Wind
AEMO takes lead role in global consortium seeking rapid energy transition
Audrey Zibelman says "facts and reality" are focus of AEMO, which is leading creation of new global partnership pushing "rapid clean energy transition of unprecedented scope."
The IEA has finally twigged that solar is much cheaper than it thought – in fact, up to 50% cheaper than its estimates of just two years ago.
Battery storage
CleanTech Bites
Governments
South Australian Government
Tesla
How does Marshall battery plan stack up with Tesla-Weatherill plan?
How do the competing battery storage rollouts compare? Is the Marshall plan better than the Tesla proposal embraced by Weatherill?
Australian Federal Government
Battery storage
Governments
Sticky
Tesla
Victorian Government
Battery storage booming, but even Tesla struggling to cash in
Grid-scale battery storage is taking off in Australia but it is still a struggle for investors to get value from their services. The contracts for the new Victoria big...
AEMO report says AGL's plans to replace Liddell with new dispatchable technology more than enough to address any shortfall. Not that you'd know that if you relied on mainstream...
Governments
News & Commentary
NSW Government
Solar
NSW, the sleeping giant of rooftop solar, is about to awake
NSW is expected to overtake Queensland as biggest market for rooftop solar and will have 50 per cent more capacity than any other state by the mid-2030s.
NSW says three regional energy zones could host 77,000MW of wind and solar capacity - enough to meet demands of modern energy system.
Australian Federal Government
Battery storage
Featured
Governments
Tesla
Victorian Government
Tesla, Fluence to build two big batteries in Victoria
Tesla and Fluence to build two new big batteries in Victoria after ARENA stepped in to help Victoria government with funding for the projects. And having dissed the Tesla...
Battery storage
CleanTech Bites
Governments
Renewables
Solar
Tesla
Victorian Government
Neoen starts work on next Tesla big battery project in Victoria
Neoen begins work on new Tesla big battery and 194MW wind farm that will provide 100% renewables to biggest glass-house in Australia.
