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Acciona, GenusPlus and UGL Engineering have been selected to deliver Stage 1 of Clean Energy Link – East (CEL-East), a transmission project in Western Australia.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a third round of its Solar Sunshot programme, offering up to AU$250 million (US$175 million) to companies that manufacture or demonstrate equipment for building large-scale solar PV power plants in Australia.

Australia ranks second to the US for data centre investment, driving demand for solar power and battery storage.

ARENA is providing up to AU$32.3m to set up factories for robots that install solar modules and drive foundation piles.

Australia's rooftop solar sector posted its strongest half-year performance since 2021, with battery storage increasingly riding alongside it.

Australia has endorsed a global plan to double the number of homes with rooftop solar PV by 2030, becoming the first country to do so.

LGI, an Australian landfill gas and renewables company, has agreed to buy two operating solar PV power plants in Queensland.

Researchers at UNSW and UtmoLight have achieved a certified stabilised efficiency of 23.5% for a large-area perovskite solar submodule.

Australia's NEM recorded a combined 4,780GWh of solar generation in September 2026: 1,805GWh from utility-scale and 2,975GWh from rooftop.

AEMO said a record 9.1GW of new renewable energy and storage capacity connected to the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY26.