About: Giles Parkinson

Website: http://www.solarchoice.net.au/blog/giles-parkinson-joins-solar-choice-news-as-regular-news-contribut
Profile: 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:

UNSW solar pioneer Prof Martin Green foresees PV as #1 energy source globally by 2050 By Giles Parkinson on 6 November, 2014 in Solar Choice News
53MW Broken Hill solar plant receives planning approval By Giles Parkinson on 5 November, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Brazilian solar auction draws globally low bids, cheaper than coal, gas By Giles Parkinson on 5 November, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Tesla looking to power Australian ‘supercharger’ stations with solar PV By Giles Parkinson on 3 November, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Sunshine Coast Council moves close to building Australia’s largest solar farm By Giles Parkinson on 3 November, 2014 in Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News&Solar Farms
Low bids in Indian auction show utility-scale solar is cheaper than imported coal By Giles Parkinson on 31 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
South Australia’s Tonsley industrial site to become home to Australia’s largest rooftop solar plant By Giles Parkinson on 30 October, 2014 in Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News
Australia still lagging behind other nations in uptake of large-scale solar By Giles Parkinson on 30 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Over 1 gigawatt of new solar was installed under small-scale RET in last 14 months: Green Energy Trading By Giles Parkinson on 28 October, 2014 in 100kW solar panel systems&Commercial solar power&Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Farms&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
32 rural NSW Councils band together to pilot SEXI solar projects By Giles Parkinson on 24 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in NSW
Report shows path for Victoria to generate jobs, revenue through clean energy-friendly policy By Giles Parkinson on 23 October, 2014 in Archives of Solar panel systems information in Victoria&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
USA distributed solar PV costs dropped 12-19% in 2013 By Giles Parkinson on 22 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
APVI slams Australian Energy Market Commission over unfair, ineffective tariff structures By Giles Parkinson on 22 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Australian Energy Regulator warns networks: Accommodate prosumers or they will ‘walk away’ & go off-grid By Giles Parkinson on 18 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Xenophon, while withholding comment on RET, says small-scale solar should be expanded By Giles Parkinson on 15 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Energy storage costs could beat conventional generation costs by 2017 By Giles Parkinson on 13 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
China leads as world solar PV market approaches 20GW in Q4 2014 By Giles Parkinson on 13 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Prof Ray Wills says 80% of world’s energy needs will be met through self-generated renewables by 2040 By Giles Parkinson on 10 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
‘Socket parity’ just around the corner for solar-plus-storage in many countries: Citi By Giles Parkinson on 9 October, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Australian investment in large-scale renewables took a nose-dive in 2014 due to RET uncertainty By Giles Parkinson on 8 October, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
Solar Council teams up with QLD Council of Unions and Queensland Conservation in support of RET By Giles Parkinson on 1 October, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
Rooftop PV frequently meets 1/4 of daytime electricity demand in SA By Giles Parkinson on 30 September, 2014 in Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA
Conergy to build 2MW heart-shaped solar plant in New Caledonia By Giles Parkinson on 29 September, 2014 in Commercial solar power&Solar Choice News
Solar PV saving tens of thousands of Aussie businesses over $64m/year By Giles Parkinson on 29 September, 2014 in Commercial solar power&Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
South Australia, meeting 33% target early, ups state renewable energy target to 50% by 2020 By Giles Parkinson on 25 September, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Solar Choice News&Solar information in SA&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
Move to ‘net carbon zero’ by 2050 doable, affordable and necessary for Australia and 14 other countries: UN By Giles Parkinson on 24 September, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Google to invest $145m USD to transform spent oil field into 82MW solar farm By Giles Parkinson on 22 September, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Solar Council launches new peak body for energy storage: Energy Storage Council By Giles Parkinson on 19 September, 2014 in Solar Choice News
Report shows electricity from renewables creates more jobs than fossil fuels By Giles Parkinson on 18 September, 2014 in Solar Choice Company News
Shorten: Abbott must reject Warburton review as prerequisite for deal on RET By Giles Parkinson on 17 September, 2014 in 100kW solar panel systems&Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies
Climate Change Authority chief recommends maintaining RET but extending timeframe By Giles Parkinson on 15 September, 2014 in Federal Government solar panel incentives&Renewable Energy Target for Solar Panel Systems&Solar Choice News&Solar Panel & Renewable Energy Policies