Southeast Asia & Oceania

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.

Western Australian government has set a target for renewables to supply 75% of SWIS electricity generation by 2030-31.

Singapore’s EMA has launched a five-year ‘Energy Infrastructure Plan’ that includes a target of deploying 4GW of cumulative solar capacity.

Thailand's cabinet has ‌approved a THB50 billion (US$1.48 billion) rooftop solar PV installation scheme, termed the People's Solar programme.

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.

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.