In August 2025, the final month of Australia’s winter, utility-scale and rooftop solar PV generation in the National Electricity Market (NEM) saw a dramatic 22.5% month-on-month increase to 3,338GWh.| PV Tech
Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM) hit a record high for the combined utility-scale solar PV and wind share in the electricity mix on 30 August.| PV Tech
BESS developer Pacific Green Technologies has secured a AU$77 million (US$49.9 million) debt facility for projects in Australia.| Energy-Storage.News
Commissioning of the 1.6GWh Melbourne Renewable Energy Hub (MREH) BESS in Victoria, Australia, is set to begin.| Energy-Storage.News
But state regulators have dampened the market, saying it poses an $8.5 billion cost to ratepayers. A report from the California Solar and Storage Association challenges this argument.| pv magazine USA
Australian think tank Race for 2030 has called for additional investment and incentives to support consumer energy, such as solar.| PV Tech