A pivotal year
for the CEFC
In a landmark year for the clean energy sector, CEFC investments and expertise have played an important role in driving momentum and lowering emissions.
Our Annual Report 2025-26 paints a picture of investments that are diverse in both their scale and impact. The CEFC is backing innovative technologies, from robotic farm equipment to solar‑powered truck refrigeration. We are investing in utility-scale renewables, First Nations-led projects and small-scale asset finance for businesses and farmers. Through Rewiring the Nation Fund, we are also investing in the build-out of Australia’s modern electricity grid to deliver more affordable, cleaner and more secure energy for our nation.
Investment highlights
2025-26
transactions
commitments
Lifetime
transactions
commitments
Investing to lower emissions across the economy
| Fund | Capital capacity |
|---|---|
| Rewiring the Nation Fund | $19.6 billion |
| General Portfolio | $11.5 billion |
| Household Energy Upgrades Fund | $1 billion |
| Powering Australia Technology Fund | $500 million |
| Advancing Hydrogen Fund | $300 million |
| Clean Energy Innovation Fund | $200 million |
Delivering on Australia’s emissions reduction targets
The CEFC continued to increase its contribution to the Australian Government’s emissions reduction targets. In the 2024-25 year, for every tonne of financed emissions, CEFC investments are expected to deliver 12 tonnes of emissions abatement.
| Financial year | Emissions abatement |
|---|---|
| 2022–23 | 905,360 |
| 2023–24 | 1,253,214 |
| 2024–25 | 1,691,052 |
Note: CEFC reports emissions with a one-year lag to provide sufficient time to collate emissions data and reduce reliance on estimates.
Our stories
CEFC investments in 2025–26 contributed to a broad range of activities focused on emissions reduction, energy efficiency and carbon sequestration.
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Tiwi Islands
The CEFC, alongside River Capital, is backing a landmark First Nations-led plantation forestry project in the Tiwi Islands to plant 30,000 hectares for long-rotation forestry harvest. The project is expected to generate high-integrity Australian Carbon Credit Units.
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Household Energy Upgrades Fund
The CEFC is working to make it cheaper for households to make home energy upgrades by crowding in private capital through its specialist $1 billion CEFC Household Energy Upgrades Fund™ (HEUF). The CEFC made investment commitments totalling $170 million in the HEUF during the reporting year. Over the lifetime of the HEUF, the CEFC had committed $535 million, to deliver more than $1 billion in low-interest consumer lending programs.
Annual Report
2025–26
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Acknowledgement of Country
The CEFC acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to all
Elders, past and present.
We recognise and celebrate their deep and continuing connections to Country,
skies, seas and waters.