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The shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy is the biggest economic opportunity since the Industrial Revolution. Discover the numbers behind Australia's clean energy transition.

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A CLEAN FUTURE

Accelerating the clean energy transition

There are tens of billions dollar of large-scale renewable energy projects under construction across Australia

Here we provide a snapshot of renewable energy projects that are under development around the country which will soon be feeding clean, low-cost energy into the Australian electricity market.

40%

of Australia's energy generation came from renewable sources in 2024.

4+m

rooftops across Australia have solar panels installed, helping lower electricity bills.

25k

Australian workers are employed directly in the clean energy industry.

Large-scale storage and generation projects

As of December 2024, there are 97 renewable energy projects under construction across Australia, or due to start soon (based on projects that have reached financial close and not yet commissioned).

These wind, solar, storage, hydro and bioenergy projects will deliver billions of dollars in capital investment and hugely increase Australia's renewable energy generation and storage capacity.

Financially committed generation projects and capacity, quarterly
Total capacity of generation projects by development status, annually
GENERATION AND STORAGE

Large-scale projects completed

As well as the huge number of projects that are still in construction or due to start construction soon, these are the number of projects across Australia that are completed each year and now operational.

Please note that data is based on information we have been able to source. Data is not always available for every project.

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Number of generation projects

11

28

42

35

41

19

12

21

Investment in generation ($M)

$1590.0

$3361

$5775

$4641

$6232

$5658

$1519

$3876

Installed capacity (MW)

654

1614

2942

2820

3,833

3,333

1,309

2,000

Number of storage projects

1

3

3

1

4

4

8

5

Investment in storage ($M)

$90

$129

$72

$42

$353

$87

$960

$3,700

Installed capacity (MW)

150

90

130

13

426

69

724

619

Energy generation (MWh)

194

115

135

4

647

101

947

1,677

Rooftop solar and home batteries 

Australian homes and businesses are embracing rooftop solar and other renewable technologies at record rates.

Australia is a world leader in rooftop solar. More than 300,000 rooftop solar systems were installed across Australia in 2024, bringing the total number to more than 4 million,but it's just the beginning of our electrification journey. 

Read about the incentives, education and regulation we're advocating for to help Australian homes and businesses go all-electric.

25k

Australian workers are currently employed directly in the clean energy industry and that number needs to grow.

40k

more workers are needed by 2030 to support the rapid transition to renewables

Building our workforce

Investing in people and industry

Skills and labour shortages are affecting the energy transition. Read about how we're contributing to one of the largest recruitment drives the country has ever seen.

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