George Heynes

Neoen has secured AU$1.8 billion in debt financing from 13 lenders for a 1.2GW Australian renewables and energy storage portfolio.

UAE developer Masdar has signed an agreement with Invest New Zealand to explore up to NZ$1 billion (US$585 million) of solar, wind and battery storage investment in New Zealand.

Australia's energy minister has asked the AEMC to make data centres contract firmed energy & to ease connection alongside solar & storage.

Data centres could add AU$40 billion (US$28 billion) to wholesale electricity costs in Australia's eastern states.

ARRAY Technologies has partnered with Aeeris subsidiary Early Warning Network (EWN) to bring automated hail protection to solar PV plants in Australia.

1414 Degrees has ordered 5B's Maverick prefabricated solar system for a 70MW solar PV plant at its Aurora Energy Precinct in South Australia.

2.6GW of large-scale generation projects reached financial close in Australia in H1 2026, with solar accounting for 92% of the capacity.

Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure (KSI) has started operating three community solar projects totalling 15.8MWdc across New York and Oregon.

Danish developer European Energy has signed 30-year agreements with Traditional Owners covering three solar-plus-storage projects in Queensland, Australia, including the 1.1GW Upper Calliope solar PV plant.

Solar and battery storage projects have pushed Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM) connection pipeline up 43% in a year to 80.9GW, overtaking the grid's existing 77GW of capacity for the first time.