The Australian electricity grid has closed out the summer of 2025-26 with a month of new renewable energy generation records – not from solar, but from the nation’s wind energy assets.
The latest data from Rystad Energy reveals new monthly wind generation records across all states except Tasmania and Victoria for February 2026. Among the record-setters was Queensland, where wind farms generated a new high of 508,780 megawatt-hours (MWh) for the month, according to OpenNEM.
Rystad’s David Dixon says the top-performing wind assets for the month were all in Western Australia, headed up by the Potentia Energy-Synergy Warradarge wind farm, with an average capacity factory of 60.5 per cent.
Dixon also gives a shout-out to Squadron Energy, which took the title of the top wind generator for the month February, generating 387 gigawatt-hours (GWh), beating out Tilt Renewables (364 GWh), which has been the top wind generator on a monthly basis for most of the last six years.
The nation’s big batteries also had a good, month, with total energy discharged reaching 245 GWh in February for the NEM, up 266 per cent from the 67 GWh in February 2025.
In New South Wales, a new record was set for the highest battery charge over a calendar month, at 75,884 MWh, and discharge, at 58,799 MWh, according to OpenNEM.
Gas generation, however, continues to decline, says Dixon, “as utility batteries continue to enter the market.” Rystad puts National Electricity Market gas generation at 506 GWh for February.
On large-scale solar, Rystad says the best performing assets for the month were spread across NSW, Victoria and Western Australia, led by SUN Energy’s Merredin wind farm in WA, with a capacity factor of 41.2 per cent (AC).
NSW was the top spot for both solar and wind generation for the month – with 617 GWh from wind and 853 GWh from utility PV delivering a combined total of 1,470 GWh.
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