Giles Parkinson
Founder and Editor at RenewEconomy
Podcast Co-Host at Energy Insiders - a RenewEconomy Podcast
Founder and Editor at TheDriven
Australia's only independent news and commentary on clean energy and climate change. Edited by @GilesParkinson
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
Three utility-scale solar farms in the Northern Territory are finally being allowed to send power to the grid and ramp up to full capacity – some five years after they were actually built. The stranding of the three solar projects – at Katherine, Batchelor and Manton Dam, totalling around 45 MW and all owned by Italian energy giant ENI – has been one of the most extraordinary episodes in Australia’s green energy transition.
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
The island state of Tasmania currently has no large scale solar farms, but that could be about to change in quite a big way, with the third large scale facility sailing through local planning approvals. The George Town council this week gave planning approval to the 288 MW Cimitiere Plains solar project, to be located on cattle and sheep grazing land, a short distance away from the big Bell Bay aluminium smelter.
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onestepoffthegrid.com.au | Sophie Vorrath |Giles Parkinson
Solar Insiders Podcast: The energy pilot that pays customers to dial down their solarMay 29, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson Leave a Comment Engie’s Ryan Wavish on how the retailer is flipping the sun tax to make solar curtailment work for everyone. Plus, news of the week. You can find previous episodes of Solar Insiders here or wherever you get your podcasts. Pylon is a proud sponsor of Solar Insiders.
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
Volatility is a feature of the National Electricity Market (NEM). We have seen wholesale energy prices increase by a factor of 2.5X since 2020, whilst ancillary service market values (FCAS) have plummeted on the back of the large-scale BESS coming online. How do you optimise your energy usage to create the most value for your business, whilst maximising the benefits of behind the meter assets such as batteries & solar?
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
European energy giant Siemens has won a highly lucrative contract to install seven synchronous condensers – huge spinning machines that do not burn fuel – to support the rollout of wind and solar projects in the first major renewable energy zone in NSW. The giant syncons will be installed in the Central West Orana REZ and will be used to provide what’s known as “system strength”, a broad basket of grid services that include voltage stability and inertia.
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