新西兰联储首席经济学家康威：新西兰正感受到油价冲击的影响。

Surging AI and data‑centre investment is diverting capital away from Australian renewables and battery projects, posing downside risk to emissions‑reduction efforts, industry participants and a September report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said. Grok Ventures CIO Rida Ahmed described it as “a capital competition,” saying data centres are consuming most of the investment oxygen. IEEFA found only 6% of approved wind and solar projects on Australia’s major grids have long‑term power purchase agreements (PPAs) — a key financing condition — and said uncertainty over coal‑plant retirement timing is suppressing deal activity with renewable developers. Clean Energy Finance CEO Paul McCartney said AI projects may offer higher returns and warned rising capex has pushed many renewable projects to the point where projected revenues cannot fully repay investment.

Hangzhou Housing Provident Fund Management Committee allows contributing households to apply to withdraw housing provident fund for renovations of owner-occupied homes within the city. Withdrawals may equal the VAT invoice amount issued by a contractor with renovation qualification and the renovation contract, up to a maximum of 250,000 yuan. For owner-occupied homes with a property certificate aged 15 years or more, aging-adaptation or refurbishment withdrawals may be calculated at a flat rate of 1,000 yuan/sq m based on floor area without requiring VAT invoices or renovation contracts. Households may only apply for a subsequent renovation withdrawal after at least 10 years from the prior renovation withdrawal.