Australia’s energy story is at a turning point. Demand for electricity is rising rapidly as homes, industries, and transport systems electrify. The nation is also under pressure to cut emissions from its energy sector and elsewhere.

It’s increasingly common to hear from experts and the general public that the global shift away from fossil fuels is glacially slow, or even nonexistent but we’re already rocketing through the fastest energy transformation in human history.

As off-grid solar systems expand to serve remote and underserved communities worldwide, digitalisation has become a crucial need for efficient project development, implementation, and long-term sustainability. A new report from IEA PVPS Task 18 systematically explores digital tools across the entire off-grid energy project value chain, providing much-needed guidance for practitioners looking to optimise their operations.

Artificial intelligence is fuelling unprecedented energy demand, but with the right strategy, it could become one of our most powerful tools for building a cleaner, smarter future.

The future of the global energy landscape will be shaped by Asia and the Pacific. Over the past two decades, our region has been the principal driver of global energy demand and emissions. Energy has powered prosperity, lifted millions out of poverty and transformed societies.

SunCable has confirmed its massive renewables and energy storage project planned for the Northern Territory could be operational before the end of the decade as part of a “pragmatic” rethink on initial priorities.

The Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone has reached a new milestone with planning approval secured for network infrastructure upgrades that will enable an additional 1 GW of transfer capacity in that part of the grid.

The Philippines-based renewables and energy storage developer Acen Australia says its 800 MW, 12-hour duration Phoenix pumped hydro energy storage project planned for central west New South Wales is on track to start generating power in the early 2030s.

Climate-focused venture capital firm Wollemi Capital has committed to investing more than $100 million to expand renewables developer MPower’s pipeline of mid-scale solar and battery energy storage projects after finalising its acquisition of the company.

Renewables developer X-Elio is seeking Australian government approval for a four-hour battery energy storage system to be built in southern New South Wales after scrapping plans to build a 72 MW solar farm at the site.

Building-integrated PV specialist ClearVue Technology says the latest iteration of its solar vision glass delivers more than 66% additional energy output per square metre than its predecessor, while significantly reducing production complexity and costs.

The new products are available in nine versions with power output ranging from 620 W to 660 W and power conversion efficiency spanning from 23.0% to 24.4%. Canadian Solar said the panels have a carbon footprint of 285 kg CO₂eq/kW, which is reportedly one of the lowest among all silicon-based solar modules worldwide.

Budget supermarket chain Aldi is expanding its residential solar business, opening up sales of its rooftop PV and battery energy storage packages to customers in Australia’s eastern states after a trial in Victoria.

The Luxembourg startup’s newest product is a portable, dry and wet cleaning system with 2.45 m wide brushes, designed to be operated by a single person.

The developers behind a proposed a 700 MW solar farm and a 400 MW / 1,600 MWh battery energy storage system planned for central west New South Wales have reached a new milestone with the environmental impact statement now open for public comment.

Tesla’s long-anticipated innovation in utility-scale battery storage has yielded two new products, marking a leap toward faster deployment, greater scalability, and higher energy density.

Nextracker has introduced NX PowerMerge, a 2 kV trunk connector-based eBOS solution for utility-scale solar projects, designed to cut connection points, simplify layouts, and lower project costs.

Western Australian graphene supplier First Graphene has reported the addition of its functionalised graphene product to perovskite solar cells has increased efficiency almost two-fold and reduced production costs by up to 80%.

Victoria has added a 100 MW battery energy storage system to its growing portfolio of grid-scale storage, marking the first deployment globally of the full Fluence, product ecosystem, with its OS7 operating system.

Singapore researchers accelerated PV backsheet weathering to investigate flame spread behavior finding after six weeks, flame spread was 46% faster than on unweathered PV backsheets, saying current safety standards fail to account for long-term degradation.

Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has deployed the first commercial and industrial community battery energy storage systems in South Australia to undergo common smart inverter profile for Australia testing.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has launched the second funding round of the $1 billion Solar Sunshot program, releasing $150 million dollars to stimulate the commercial domestic manufacture of critical segments of the solar supply chain.

Climate Council analysis has found Australias export industries are sitting on a $190 billion windfall as key trade partners, such as China, ramp up their energy transition despite US administration efforts to stall progress.

United States scientists have combined spatial and temporal attention mechanisms to develop a new approach for PV inverter fault detection, training the new method on a dataset created in MATLAB/Simulink, and found accuracy reached 97.35%.

Solar PV manufacturer Winaico has launched a new “ultra black” back-contact solar module with a power output of up to 480 W and a conversion efficiency topping 23.5% in the Australian market.

Data released by the Clean Energy Regulator shows the pace of residential battery installations is cracking on with a total of 43,517 installations since 1 July 2025, or the equivalent of 888 per working day.

Battery installations in Australian homes and businesses have surged on the back of the federal government’s $2.3 billion home battery subsidy with new data revealing 423 MWh of battery energy storage capacity was registered across the country in August 2025.

One of Australia’s largest behind-the-meter solar and battery energy storage installations has been officially powered up at biscuit manufacturer Arnott’s Group’s production facility in western Sydney.

Australia’s rooftop solar market continues to ease with the latest data from market intelligence outfit SunWiz revealing that national installation volumes dropped off by 12% in August compared to the previous month.

After witnessing strong demand for its sodium-ion technology in Australia, Queensland company PowerCap is taking its stationary energy storage products to the European market. The initial launch will cover Italy, Germany, and Spain, with further expansion on the cards.