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About: Giles Parkinson

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Giles Parkinson regularly contributes unique content to Solar Choice News. Giles is the founder and editor of clean energy industry news service RenewEconomy. He 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 founding editor of Climate Spectator.

Posts by Giles Parkinson:

  • Google HQ to get green makeover By Giles Parkinson on 12 March, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Alice Springs grid could handle 10MW more solar without storage: ARENA study By Giles Parkinson last updated 12 March, 2015 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in NT&Solar Choice News
  • South-east Queensland rooftop solar capacity reaches 1GW mark By Giles Parkinson last updated 12 March, 2015 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in QLD&Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA
  • Flow battery maker Redflow to build its first commercial system in Australia By Giles Parkinson last updated 12 March, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Solar will be the dominant electricity source globally by 2030: Deutsche Bank By Giles Parkinson last updated 12 March, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Cost-competitive energy storage is just around the corner: Deutsche Bank By Giles Parkinson on 4 March, 2015 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News
  • SunEdison says renewables market will be worth $4 trillion by 2020 By Giles Parkinson on 27 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • German study predicts that cheapest electricity will come from solar by 2050 By Giles Parkinson on 26 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • 23% of South Australian homes now have solar panels By Giles Parkinson on 26 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA
  • Tanzania’s Million Solar Homes initiative highlights huge potential for off-grid renewables By Giles Parkinson on 24 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Freemantle, WA to build 10MW solar farm on council land By Giles Parkinson on 19 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Australia’s Redflow to fast-track rollout of ‘flow batteries’ for homes, businesses and mining operations By Giles Parkinson last updated 16 January, 2020 in Batteries & Energy Storage&Solar Choice News
  • Solar-plus-storage project sees revival in WA By Giles Parkinson on 17 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Extension of Renewable Energy Target could trigger large-scale solar boom in Aus By Giles Parkinson on 16 February, 2015 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
  • Western Australia mining company to build Australia’s largest solar-plus-storage system By Giles Parkinson last updated 16 February, 2015 in Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News
  • Business Renewables Center aims to help double US wind & solar capacity by 2025 By Giles Parkinson last updated 16 January, 2020 in Solar Choice News
  • Next round of ACT feed-in tariff for large-scale renewables to foster solar-plus-storage projects By Giles Parkinson on 11 February, 2015 in Archives of solar panel systems & information in the ACT&Solar Choice News&State Government Solar Panel Feed-In Tariffs
  • Solar Choice’s 2GW Bulli Creek Solar Farm receives planning approval from Toowoomba Regional Council By Giles Parkinson last updated 16 January, 2020 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in QLD&Commercial solar & solar farm projects by Solar Choice&Commercial solar power&Solar Choice Company News&Solar Choice News&Solar Farms
  • Distributed rooftop solar is the new ‘shale’ for US energy market By Giles Parkinson on 9 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Concentrated solar PV costs could match fossil fuel costs by 2030 By Giles Parkinson on 9 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • 2016 Obama budget could bolster US solar industry By Giles Parkinson on 6 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • US utility giant NRG to offer ‘community-shared solar’ to customers By Giles Parkinson on 4 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Labor’s landslide in Queensland election could spell sunny future for solar By Giles Parkinson last updated 4 February, 2015 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in QLD&Solar Choice News
  • In sign of the times, both SuperBowl teams’ home stadiums have solar By Giles Parkinson on 3 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Two produce companies first to benefit as CEFC & Comm Bank team up to finance commercial solar By Giles Parkinson on 2 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • USA will have 28GW of solar installed by end of 2015: SEIA By Giles Parkinson on 2 February, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • World’s largest solar-powered desalinisation plant to be built in Saudi Arabia By Giles Parkinson on 30 January, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Solar Citizens’ ‘Solar Scorecard’ shines light on solar-friendly politicians, could sway QLD election By Giles Parkinson last updated 4 February, 2015 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in QLD&Solar Choice News
  • Swiftly dropping renewable energy prices present ‘a historic opportunity’: IRENA By Giles Parkinson on 23 January, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Rooftop solar and energy efficiency accounted for nearly 90% of national electricity demand reduction in 2014 By Giles Parkinson on 22 January, 2015 in Solar Choice News
  • Largest solar PV plant in Middle East to deliver record-low electricity prices By Giles Parkinson on 21 January, 2015 in Solar Choice News
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