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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onestepoffthegrid.com.au | Sophie Vorrath |Giles Parkinson
Solar Insiders Podcast: Shouting from the rooftopsApril 23, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson Leave a Comment OpenSolar’s Sophie Wright on the mission to streamline solar businesses so that more money and time can be spent where it’s most needed – putting panels on rooftops. Plus, the 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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onestepoffthegrid.com.au | Sophie Vorrath |Giles Parkinson
Solar Insiders Podcast: A Teal take on what voters want – and how to give it to themApril 15, 2025 by Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson Leave a Comment NSW Independent Allegra Spender on her plan for permanent energy bill relief and what’s missing from federal Labor’s battery rebate. Plus, dispatches from the Smart Energy Conference. 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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thedriven.io | Giles Parkinson
The Federal Coalition has vowed to defenestrate the newly minted New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES), describing it as a “family and ute tax” that echoes its Morrison-era scare campaigns when it claimed that electric vehicles would “ruin the weekend.”“We are going to repeal Labor’s family and ute tax,” the Coalition’s spokesman for home affairs, and former policy guru at the far right Institute of Public Affairs, James Paterson told ABC’s Radio National.
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
The first stage of a “transformational” new transmission line that help propel South Australia – already the world’s most advanced wind and solar state – towards 100 per cent net renewables has officially been switched on. The first stage of Project EnergyConnect, the country’s largest energy transmission project, runs 135 kms from Robertstown in South Australia to Buronga in NSW, with a 24 km spur link to Red Cliffs in Victoria. It was switched on at 10am on Friday.
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reneweconomy.com.au | Giles Parkinson
The first big battery signed up to help deliver a “baseload renewables” contract – in this case BHP’s giant Olympic Dam mine in South Australia – has now started full operations. Neoen’s 238.5 MW, 477 MWh Blyth battery will combine with output from the Goyder South wind project to meet the BHP contract, and will be the company’s second big battery in the state, nearly eight years after the world’s first big battery at Hornsdale was built.
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First stage of Australia’s biggest transmission project will unlock more wind and solar from what is already the world’s most advanced non-hydro renewable grid https://t.co/gNwSScFKA8