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KKR splashes $603m on energy transition platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... close. The next tranche's $248 million will fund 90% of the equity component of construction costs of the platform's first battery energy storage system (BESS) development project. HMC Capital managing director and chief executive David Di Pilla said ...

Renewables generate half of energy supply: AEMO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... full quarter," Mouchaileh said. "It reflects years of sustained investment and demonstrates that more wind, solar and battery capacity in the system reduces reliance on higher cost coal and gas generation, placing sustained downward pressure on wholesale ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... report stated, with 9.9GW of utility-scale batteries currently under construction, and BNEF forecasted behind-the-meter battery capacity could reach 35.8GWh by 2035. Wind and solar made up 39% of overall electricity generation in the National Electricity ...

Quinbrook divests in UK flexible energy platform for $83m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... contracted portfolio of flexible energy assets from 540 megawatts (MW) to 1.3 gigawatt (GW) of distributed capacity, including battery storage, industrial demand response and flexible generation since acquired. Commenting, Quinbrook chief executive Brian ...

Investments for solar, wind projects 'sporadic' in 2025: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... Australia was the largest solar project financed, securing $604 million. The project also includes a co-located 250MW battery. Moving forward, despite continued government support for renewable energy projects being at an all-time high, the report does ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... climate action. These companies invest in existing solutions such as electrified transport, green ammonia and fertilisers, battery production, regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and low-carbon construction materials. While high levels of spending ...

Sustainable investing trends for 2026: Morningstar Sustainalytics

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026  |  NEWS
... and low carbon energy generation, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, carbon capture, utilisation and storage, and battery storage assets. As regulatory labelling frameworks become stricter, the report expects that market participants will be more ...

Renewables are cheapest: CSIRO GenCost report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... onshore wind form the basis for the least cost electricity generation mix in Australia. The report also identified that battery technologies continue to show significant double digit cost reductions. In reference to the draft report, Australian public ...

CEF calls out Whitehaven Coal over rising emissions

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... haulage and mobile equipment before 2030 to displace high-emissions diesel use; expanding onsite solar generation and battery storage across its portfolio; and limiting the extent and duration of any expansion of Blackwater mine. Additionally, the report ...

Investors must be ESG-led amid data centre boom: CEFC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... Australia among the "top data-hosting nations" in the Asia Pacific. By that time, 3.2GW of renewable generation and 1.9GW of battery storage are needed to support data centre load. Without additional new renewable energy and storage, CEFC warned that ...