utility-scale solar

Yindjibarndi Energy Corporation (YEC) has reached financial close on the 150MW Jinbi solar PV power plant in Western Australia's Pilbara region and signed a 30-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with mining giant Rio Tinto.

Neoen has brought its 440MWp Culcairn Solar Farm online in NSW, marking the completion of the company's second-largest solar asset globally.

Nova Energy & Meridian Energy have marked the installation of the first modules at the 400MW Te Rahui Solar Farm in Rangitāiki in New Zealand.

The Australian government has announced the results of CIS Tenders 5 and 6 for Western Australia, awarding contracts to 10 projects.

Australia's utility-scale solar PV and wind assets generated a combined 4.7TWh in April 2026, up 24% from 3.8TWh in the same month last year, according to data from Rystad Energy.

April 2026 delivered a continuation of Australia's seasonal solar contraction as the NEM moved deeper into autumn.

The 204MW Zwartowo solar power plant has entered the Polish balancing energy market, a first in the country, according to German PV developer Goldbeck Solar.

The 31MW Mulwala Solar Farm in New South Wales has been registered in the Australian Energy Market Operator's Market Management System (MMS).

Solar PV installations for the first three months of 2026 reached 1.4GW in Italy, according to data from trade body Italia Solare.

French renewables company Voltalia has fully commissioned the 148MW Bolobedu solar farm in Limpopo province, South Africa.