Southeast Asia & Oceania

Australia's surging solar adoption has driven battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the National Electricity Market (NEM) to more than triple their daytime-to-evening energy shifting in the first quarter of 2026, according to AEMO's latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report.

TotalEnergies and Nextnorth have reached financial close on, and started construction at, a 440MW solar PV project in the Philippines.

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has launched a tender for 495MW of new solar PV capacity, to be deployed across ten projects.

The US$1 billion Clean Energy Fund will expand renewable energy infrastructure across the Southwest Interconnected System (SWIS). 

Vikran Engineering has agreed to acquire a 49% equity stake in NOPL Solar Projects Private Limited for INR49 million (US$508,101).

Data centres have emerged as the primary driver of electricity demand growth for utility Origin Energy in Australia.

Indian renewable energy major Adani Green Energy (AGEL) reported a 48% year-on-year increase in operational capacity to 17.24GW, driven predominantly by solar.

Indian module manufacturer Saatvik Green Energy has acquired an 80% equity stake in Melcon Transformers and Electricals.

The AEMC has released a draft rule to modernise distribution network planning in response to the rapid uptake of CERs.

Evren has secured US$600 million in financing to develop a 1GW hybrid firm and dispatchable renewable energy (FDRE) portfolio across Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan.