Best Solar Energy Companies in Australia
The 337 best Solar Energy companies in Australia in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: ACEN Australia.
Tracking the best Solar Energy companies in Australia by disclosed equity funding, this directory covers 337 ventures, and the $967M total sitting across them tells a story worth reading closely. Acen Australia dominates that pool, pulling in $588M and leaving everyone else fighting for the remaining third. Starling Energy ($35M) and Tindo Solar ($23M) are the next names worth knowing. No unicorns yet, but the funding concentration around a single infrastructure-scale player suggests Australia's solar stack is still in its consolidation phase. The global market is moving fast regardless, forecast at roughly $222B in 2024 at a 20.5% CAGR, with decarbonization policy and shifting energy demand as the structural tailwinds, and as shown in 2017 research, government policy alignment has consistently been the variable that tips solar adoption curves steeper.
So what does momentum look like on the ground? Median install growth across energy apps is running at about +28% YoY, which tracks with what you'd expect when EV battery technology and solar PV themes are both heating up simultaneously. The most active investors here, EnergyLab, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Artesian, Clean Energy Seed Fund and CEFC, are placing bets across generation and storage. I'd watch the EV energy management theme especially, it's moving from niche to mainstream faster than most directory snapshots capture. Aerem's recent Series A raise signals that solar-financing models are attracting serious capital globally, and Australia's regulatory push on renewables only sharpens that dynamic locally.
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$30.5b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Solar Energy companies in Australia
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Web popularity | Market signals (1y) | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACEN Australia Developer of solar and wind energy projects | $588M | 14 mo ago | 58 | — | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+17 | Top 10M | — | 1 job opening |
| 2 | EnviroMission Developer of solar tower power station technology | $140M | 129 mo ago | 1 | Roger Davey Exec Chairman CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Westside Energy Turnkey solar project developer | $45M | — | — | Wayne Irvine CEO & Director | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | 5B Developer of solar energy projects | $45M | 42 mo ago | 172 | Eden Tehan Co-Founder | HubSpot CMS HubGSAPHubSpot+15 | Top 10M | 3 signals Funding · Capital raise | — |
| 5 | Starling Energy Developer of solar and wind energy projects | $35M | 6 mo ago | 8 | Nuno Carneiro CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | SunDrive Manufacturer of solar powered products | $26M | 31 mo ago | 22 | David Hu Co-Founder | — | Top 50M | 3 signals Funding | 1 job opening |
| 7 | Tindo Solar Solar Panel manufacturers | $23M | 6 mo ago | 50 | — | WordPressZohoMySQL+27 | Top 5M | 8 signals ▲167% Funding · Hiring · Capital raise | — |
| 8 | EDL Developer of wind & solar energy projects | $15M | 77 mo ago | 140 | James Harman CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 9 | Prominence Energy NL Limited information available | $9M | 142 mo ago | — | Alexander Parks CEO & MD | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Allume Energy Provider of community and residential solar solutions | $8M | 12 mo ago | 41 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+29 | Top 5M | — | — |
| 11 | BT Imaging Inspection Tools for PV manufacturing | $7M | 189 mo ago | 27 | — | WixSentryBootstrap+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 12 | ReNu Energy Cleantech solutions developer | $4M | 43 mo ago | 14 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 13 | Enova Offering renewable energy exchange platform | $4M | 125 mo ago | — | Felicity Stening CEO | — | — | — | — |
| 14 | Vast Provider of utility scale renewable energy power generations | $4M | 10 mo ago | 39 | Craig Wood Chief Executive Officer | Webflowcore-jsjQuery+13 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 15 | NRN Renewable energy infrastructure business that aims to create a greener future by providing greater access to… | $3M | 10 mo ago | 11 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+25 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 16 | ESCO Pacific Developer of solar farms | $3M | 126 mo ago | 24 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 17 | Plico Energy Manufacturer of solar powered products | $2M | 65 mo ago | — | Brian Innes Founder | HubSpot CMS HubAwesompleteYouTube+31 | Top 5M | — | 1 launch · 1 partnership |
| 18 | PowerPlus Energy Manufacturer of solar energy batteries | $2M | 1 mo ago | — | Simon Chan Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | Top 5M | — | 1 job opening · 1 partnership |
| 19 | PHNXX Developer of solar energy projects | $1M | 16 mo ago | 4 | — | WebflowHubSpotreCAPTCHA+11 | Top 50M | — | — |
| 20 | Green Frog Systems Manufacturer of commercial solar lighting systems with intelligent battery management solutions | $750K | 98 mo ago | — | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+35 | Top 10M | — | — |
| 21 | Spectur Designer and manufactures solar energy powered products | $691K | 84 mo ago | 27 | Charles Wilkins Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+36 | Top 10M | — | 1 launch |
| 22 | MetroElectro Developer of solar PV projects | $680K | 7 mo ago | — | Lloyd Heinrich Founder & CEO | — | — | 3 signals Funding | — |
| 23 | Epho Provider of commercial solar PV installation and maintenance services | $497K | 78 mo ago | — | Oliver Hartley CEO & MD | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Power Diverter Developer of energy management system | $243K | 132 mo ago | 2 | Daniel Lawes Business Owner | Wix eCommerceCart FunctionalityWix+17 | Top 50M | — | — |
Top 12 Solar Energy companies in Australia
#1
Funding Raised · Hobart, Tasmania · founded 2016 · 58 employees$588.1Mraised▾
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
- Apr 2025Conventional Debt$472M
- Oct 2022Conventional Debt$48.1M
- Sep 2022Conventional Debt$68.1M
#2
Series C · Perth, Western Australia · founded 2017 · 8 employees$35.1Mraised▾
Developer of solar and wind energy projects
- Dec 2025Conventional Debt$22.9M
- Dec 2021Series C—
- 2019Series C$35.1M
#3
Acquired · Salisbury, South Australia · founded 2011 · 50 employees$23.3Mraised▾
Tindo designs and manufactures solar panels in Australia, for supplying in the country as well as globally. The company has a 60 MW automatic manufacturing line for production of the panels and they come with built-in microinverters from Enphase. Tindo solar also offers its customers the option of getting the plant installed by them, they have tied up with multiple contractors who install the solar panels and the entire system on their behalf.
- Nov 2025Grant (prize money)$22.5M
- Jun 2021Grant (prize money)$755.3K
#4
Acquired · Scoresby, Victoria · founded 2017$1.6Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar energy batteries
- Apr 2026Grant (prize money)$1.6M
#5
Series B · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2014 · 41 employees$7.5Mraised▾
Allume Energy installs community and residential solar systems both grids tied and off the grid. The company also offers the financing options of pay as you go with zero upfront cost for installing the solar systems and aim to create an alternative energy network n Australia.
- Jun 2025Series B$6.8M
- Aug 2023Series A$1.5M
- Jul 2021Series A$6M
#6
Series A · Sydney, New South Wales · founded 2019 · 11 employees$3.4Mraised▾
NRN (National Renewable Network) is an Energy Infrastructure business in Australia that aims to create a greener and more sustainable future by providing greater access to renewable energy plans. They help Australians protect themselves from rising energy costs and lower emissions.
- Aug 2025Conventional Debt$32.6M
- Aug 2025Series A$11.2M
- Jun 2024Seed$1M
- Dec 2023Seed$2.4M
#7
Public · Darlinghurst, New South Wales · founded 2009 · 39 employees$3.5Mraised▾
Provider of utility scale renewable energy power generations
- Aug 2025Post IPO$3.5M
#8
Seed · St Kilda, Victoria · founded 2024$680Kraised▾
Developer of solar PV projects
- Nov 2025Seed$1M
- Nov 2025Conventional Debt$4M
- May 2024Seed$680K
#9
Seed · Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2022 · 4 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Feb 2025Seed$1.1M
- Dec 2022Seed—
#10
Series A · Wollongong, New South Wales · founded 2015 · 22 employees$26Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar powered products
- Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$7M
- Oct 2022Series A$21M
- Oct 2020Series A$5M
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$3M
#11
Series B · Mascot, New South Wales · founded 2013 · 172 employees$44.8Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects. They deliver solar solutions which are safer, faster, lower cost, lower-risk, and more energy dense than conventional fixed-tilt or single-axis tracking technologies. R&D, advanced manufacturing, deployment and testing facilities.
- Dec 2022Series B$13.7M
- Jun 2022Series B$21.8M
- Jan 2022Grant (prize money)$24M
- Aug 2021Series B—
#12
Public · South Melbourne, Victoria · founded 2000 · 1 employees$139.8Mraised▾
EnviroMission engages in the development of Solar Tower renewable energy technology in Australia and the United States. The company owns the license to develop Solar Tower project, a solar thermal power station with a generation capacity of 200 mega watts in Arizona.
- Sep 2015Post IPO$110M
- Jan 2011Venture Debt$29.8M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Solar Energy coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Solar Photovoltaics is moving in Australia
A read on the academic research around Solar Photovoltaics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,216 Australia-affiliated papers.
- UNSW Sydney224
- Australian National University110
- University College London71
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Advanced Molecular Imaging69
- RMIT University64
- Photovoltaic system2→69
- Solar energy1→63
- Energy conversion efficiency4→34
- Perovskite (structure)10→37
- Solar cell9→30
- Photovoltaic system6→149
- Solar energy10→130
- Renewable energy6→79
- Solar cell20→69
- Perovskite (structure)7→43
- Photovoltaic system2→74
- Renewable energy1→63
- Solar energy1→61
- Perovskite (structure)2→14
- Environmental economics1→10
Where solar pv is researched across Australia
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.