renewables

New Zealand retailers Briscoe Group and Farro have signed electricity supply agreements with solar generator Lodestone Energy.

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

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

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.

Bidding for Tender 11 will open on 27 August 2026 and close on 22 October 2026, seeking nearly 1.8GW of renewable energy generation in Western Australia's Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM).

Australia has extended a CGT concession for foreign investors in wind, solar and BESS by a further decade, pushing the deadline to June 2040.

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.

New South Wales (NSW) has released a Data Centre Policy Framework that ties streamlined planning approval for new data centres to commitments on renewable energy, water use and cost recovery, becoming the first state to translate Australia's national data centre policy direction into detailed operating rules.

An independent review of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has recommended 14 changes to the organisation's governance framework.