renewable energy

New Zealand's solar generation rose 56.2% year-on-year to a record 242GWh in Q2 2026, according to the latest New Zealand Energy Quarterly.

The Spanish government has unveiled plans to require data centres to have at least 80% of their hourly generation be powered by renewable energy.

AER found that rising solar and wind generation, supported by BESS, eased pressure across Australia's wholesale electricity market in 2025.

The Australian and New South Wales (NSW) governments have jointly committed AU$2.5 billion (US$1.63 billion) to secure the future of the Tomago Aluminium smelter.

Australian states can impose stricter renewables rules on data centres than the national minimum, but cannot weaken the federal floor.

Renewables supplied 42.1% of electricity generated across Australia's NEM in the three months to June 2026, a new quarterly high for Q2.

SK Inc and KKR have agreed to establish a KRW2 trillion (US$1.29 billion) renewable energy platform that will combine 1.7GW of operating generation assets.

Australia's large-scale renewables pipeline has reached 32,277MW of probable generation capacity, according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

New South Wales (NSW), Australia, has launched what it has described as its “biggest renewable energy tender in the state’s history”, seeking 2.5GW of renewable energy generation.

Bellevue Gold has reported that approximately 90% of its electricity demand at its Western Australian gold mine was met by renewable energy in March 2026.