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Australia’s solar industry is deeply influenced by federal and state-level energy policies, regulatory frameworks, and evolving market mechanisms. This category offers comprehensive analysis of renewable energy targets, policy reforms, electricity pricing, and incentive programs like the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET). We also explore political debates, regulatory shifts, and the financial and strategic moves of key market players shaping the future of solar in Australia—from utility-scale developers to community-driven solar initiatives.

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No late-stage growth capital for battery materials manufacturing risks billions

Sicona Battery Technologies is calling for late-stage growth capital to fund critical minerals and battery materials manufacturing in Australia or miss out on a forecast $16.9 billion annual value-add.

Ev Foley

Oct 02, 2026

Technology & Products

Volt opens retail investment offer in renewable energy infrastructure

Australian solar tile company Volt is expanding into a new business arm to build, own, and operate renewable energy infrastructure and has opened a crowd-sourced funding offer to investors.

Ev Foley

Oct 02, 2026

Markets & Policy

1GWh battery energy storage system gets green tick to start construction in NSW

A proposed 125 MW / 1,000 MWh battery energy storage system supported by a 14-year LTESA awarded through AEMO and located near Narrabri in northern NSW has received state government planning approval.

Ev Foley

Oct 01, 2026

Markets & Policy

Rooftop solar, home battery installs hit record highs

Australians are installing rooftop solar and batteries at record scale with the latest data revealing households added 1,894 MW of new PV generation and 8,691 MWh of energy storage capacity in the first half of 2026.

David Carroll

Sep 29, 2026

Markets & Policy

Global solar additions hit 690 GW in 2025

Latest report from IEA-PVPS says the world’s cumulative solar capacity reached 2.96 TWh by the end of last year, a total theoretically capable of generating about 12% of global electricity consumption.

Patrick Jowett

Sep 28, 2026

Markets & Policy

Decommissioning to drive 23% of solar buildout in the 2040s, says Wood Mackenzie

Wood Mackenzie’s latest report says the need to replace ageing infrastructure will bring a more than 60% increase in equipment sales in 2050 when compared to today’s levels.

Patrick Jowett

Sep 27, 2026

Applications & Installations

Marinus Link granted Australia’s first offshore transmission licence

The proposed 345-kilometre undersea and underground electricity and data interconnector, Marinus Link has been granted the first transmission and infrastructure licence under Australia’s new offshore infrastructure regime.

Ev Foley

Sep 25, 2026

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Australian energy retailers ranked, sparks calls for transparency Australia’s electricity retailers have been ranked from best to worst in terms of green credentials, igniting calls for retailers to make emissions information public and transparent.

Bella Peacock

Feb 08, 2022

Markets & Policy

Australian fintech companies team up to develop ‘future’ energy retail platform The company behind bill management platform 1bill on Monday announced it will invest more than $2 million in the energy software company Accurassi. The investment will see Accurassi build a platform for energy retailers to accelerate the transition to green energy.

Bella Peacock

Feb 08, 2022

Applications & Installations

Australia’s battery capacity to double in 2022 After the deluge of announcements last year, 2022 will see the trickle of big batteries actually operating in Australia turn to a flood. According to Rystad Energy, the country’s battery capacity is set to double before the year is out.

Bella Peacock

Feb 07, 2022

Markets & Policy

Nine policies to transform Australia As Australia’s federal election looms, the Clean Energy Council has released a set of nine policy suggestions to realise not only Australia’s decarbonisation, but its potential as a clean energy superpower. The suggestions range from electrifying everything, allocating $1 billion to transition coal communities, and setting hydrogen blending targets for gas networks.

Bella Peacock

Feb 07, 2022

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Saturday read: the actual, real demand for green hydrogen Green hydrogen is being proposed for an ever-wider variety of uses. While some of these are still a way off, others make little sense. But there are sectors where demand for green hydrogen is a reality today, writes Christian Roselund.

pv magazine

Feb 04, 2022

Markets & Policy

Poll reveals clean industries key to future prosperity in coal heartlands The majority of voters in Australia’s historical coal and gas heartlands of New South Wales and Queensland believe the states’ future economic prosperity lies in clean industries, including renewable energy manufacturing and exports, and mining for critical battery minerals.

David Carroll

Feb 04, 2022

Markets & Policy

India targets domestic production with 40% PV import duty, boost to manufacturing-linked incentive India’s Union Budget, presented this week by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, allocates an extra INR 19,500 crore ($3.6 billion) to the production-linked incentive scheme for solar from April.

pv magazine

Feb 03, 2022

Markets & Policy

Ampol makes move into energy retail market Australia’s largest petroleum company Ampol has revealed its ambition to expand into the nation’s energy market by submitting an application to the industry regulator for licences to retail electricity and gas in Australia.

David Carroll

Feb 02, 2022

Applications & Installations

Philippines launches 2 GW renewables auction The Philippines’ Department of Energy hopes to allocate 1,260 MW of solar through the procurement exercise.

Emiliano Bellini

Feb 02, 2022

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