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Investment bank Macquarie Asset Management has launched a new onshore renewable energy business division Aula Energy, developing renewables including solar in Australia and New Zealand.

The New Zealand government and BlackRock have launched a NZ$2 billion (US$1.2 billion) fund to support renewable generation in the country.

New Zealand has submitted nine solar PV projects for fast-track approval since 2020, totalling 1,147MWp in power generation capacity.

Solar developer Lightsource bp and New Zealand energy company Contact Energy have been selected to build a 150MW solar PV project in New Zealand.

Private equity giant BlackRock Real Assets has acquired New Zealand solar and energy storage provider solarZero.

Lightsource bp has started construction on its 400MW Wellington North and 90MW Wunghnu solar farms in New South Wales and Victoria, respectively.

New Zealand-based energy developer Helios Energy has unveiled a pipeline of 1GW of grid-connected solar projects to be developed in the country.

Three UK solar companies have launched a new joint venture that will develop a pipeline of nearly 350MW of utility-scale PV plants across New Zealand.

Megawatt-scale scheme put forward by utility partner duo will be deployed to help power wastewater treatment plant in Auckland.

Solar developer Wirsol Energy, an arm of Wircon Group, has partnered Australian developer Renew Estate to develop a pipeline of more than 1GW solar PV capacity that is storage-ready.