investment

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed an additional AU$95.4 million (US$66.8 million) in funding to the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics (ACAP), extending the research programme's operations to 2033.

Australia’s Queensland has allocated AU$3.2 billion to the CopperString transmission project in its 2026-27 State Budget.

Portuguese energy utility EDP will spend €1.3 billion in France to build 1GW of solar, wind and energy storage assets over the next four years.

NSW will provide AU$225 million in new funding to support domestic manufacturing of low-carbon products and renewable energy components.

Solar PV installations have reached a record 14.4GW in the first quarter of 2026, according to a report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA).

Global corporate solar financing reached US$11.1 billion across 53 deals in the first quarter of 2026, according to Mercom.

The European Commission (EC) has launched a new strategy to address the fossil fuel energy crisis in the Middle East and accelerate the “shift to homegrown, clean energies”, said EC president Ursula von der Leyen.

France remains an 'attractive' solar market, and a 'stable environment' for potential investors, according to Ksenia Dray.

Danantara, has secured US$1.4 billion to back the government’s push for 50GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2035, with a focus on solar.

Making investment decisions based on an entire renewable energy portfolio, rather than the merits of an individual project, is now the norm.