Applications & Installations
Australia leads the world in per-capita solar installations, with a diverse landscape of applications ranging from residential rooftops to vast utility-scale projects in the outback. This category highlights real-world case studies, engineering challenges, and best practices in deploying solar systems across sectors. We explore grid integration, project financing, permitting, and the rise of community solar, virtual power plants (VPPs), and microgrids. Whether it’s a suburban home in Melbourne or a solar-plus-storage project in remote Western Australia, this section tracks the practical rollout of Australia’s clean energy future.
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Solar drives all-time generation peak of 80.4% in September quarter
Solar generation was the primary driver of a renewable and storage generation all-time peak contribution of 80.4% of total NEM generation on 19 September 2026, with distributed solar supplying 51.8% of total generation at the time, and grid-scale solar adding a further 16.4%.
No roof left behind: how advanced solar technology can bring difficult commercial buildings into Australia’s energy transition
A new 1.3 MW rooftop system at the Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre shows what is possible when advanced module technology meets site-specific engineering. Installed across a curved, partially shaded roof, it is about 53% larger than the 850 kW tender – and around 60% larger than a conventional, shade-avoiding design would have allowed.
80.9 GW quarterly pipeline of clean energy projects surpasses current 77 GW capacity
For the first time, the pipeline of clean energy generation and storage projects progressing through the National Electricity Market connection process, equal to a combined capacity of 80.9 GW, surpasses current capacity of 77 GW.
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Interview: China’s PV developers see opportunities in Australian market growth
Chinese PV component suppliers and project developers are continuing to push strongly in to international markets and are eyeing up new opportunities in Australia. Tenders, hybrid arrays and agri-PV all represent opportunities.
CEFC provides debt finance for Australia’s first wind+solar+storage array
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation will provide $94 million as the sole debt financier of Australia’s first co-developed wind, solar and storage array. The 60 MW Kennedy Energy Park is being developed by Windlab and Eurus Energy and will combine 43.2 MW in wind capacity, 15 MW of solar PV, and 2 MWh of battery storage.
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Energy intensity, security in with the NEG as the CET fades away
Australia’s Turnbull government has finally plotted a course in terms of a post-2020 energy policy, announcing its National Energy Guarantee mechanism. The move means it is ignoring the recommendations of its own electricity market review conducted by its Chief Scientist, which had advocated for a Clean Energy Target.
Queensland receives huge response to 400 MW renewables and 100 MW storage tender
The tender was part of a raft of announcements, including confirmation of a commitment to source 50% of its electricity from renewables by 2030. Queensland is fast emerging as a large scale solar hotspot, with hundreds of megawatts either having reached financial close or currently under construction.
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SolarEdge targets “waking” C&I market
The highest rooftop penetration rates globally have not discouraged optimizer and inverter supplier SolarEdge from continuing to push hard into the Australian PV marketplace. Describing the market as “mature” and featuring “deep and rich sales models”, SolarEdge Founder Lior Handlesman said there are still plenty of rooftops to which solar can be added, in particular in the commercial and industrial (C&I) segment.
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