Southeast Asia & Oceania

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.

Spanish inverter manufacturer Ingeteam has secured a contract from Danish developer European Energy to supply its technology to two solar PV power plants in Australia, totalling an installed generation capacity of 137MW.

Acciona Energía has completed the construction of a 308MW solar PV power plant near the coastal city of Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.

The New South Wales government has said that 3.5GW of solar PV, BESS and wind have been granted the right to connect to the South West REZ.

The US Department of Commerce has issued anti-dumping and anti-subsidy tariffs on solar cell imports from Southeast Asia.

Australia’s University of Queensland has claimed a new world-record efficiency for a tin halide perovskite solar cell, certified at 16.65%.