Southeast Asia & Oceania

Australia's Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese, secured a landslide victory and a second consecutive term, in the 2025 federal election.

Research firm Rystad Energy has revealed that the top five utility solar PV plants in terms of AC capacity factor in April were all located in Queensland.

Western Australia’s Mid West region is “well-placed” to export green hydrogen to the EU, owing to the area’s vast solar PV resources.

Maxeon shipped just 211MW in the fourth quarter of 2024, driving a year-end revenue of less than half of what was reported in 2023.

AEMO said that new renewable energy generation and energy storage projects in the final commissioning phase in the NEM have reached 7GW.

The Queensland government has announced plans to reform the approval process for solar PV and wind generation sites in the Australian state.

April 2025 saw solar PV generation, both rooftop and utility-scale, decrease marginally month-on-month in Australia’s NEM by almost 11%.

Genesis Energy has officially opened the 63MWp Lauriston site, which it claims is the country’s largest solar PV power plant.

Vena Energy has started constructing a 320MW solar PV expansion in Queensland’s Western Downs region in Australia.

Solar cannot be regarded as a 'set and forget' technology and must be fully maintained to prevent systemic underperformance.