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Specialist bank Investec is investing ZAR8 billion (US$813 million) in South Africa’s renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme (REIPPPP).

A 30-year Power Purchasing Agreement (PPA) has been offered by Uruguay’s state-owned power company to Netherlands-based solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, following a tender process which opened on 27 May this year.

A landmark case in the Indian state of Gujarat is wasting the solar sector’s resources and creating unnecessary uncertainty, according to the managing director of SunBorne Energy.

A potential shift by Chinese PV manufacturers to avoid anti-dumping duties in the US and EU as well as in India has started with plans by Hareon Solar to build a 300MW solar cell plant in Taiwan.

Taiwan-based research firm, EnergyTrend, has said that Taiwan-based solar cell producers shipped 3.2GW of cells in the first half of 2013 on the back of anti-dumping duties against China in the US and EU.

Chinese PV manufacturers JA Solar and Powerway are to join forces to target South Africa’s burgeoning solar market.

Construction work is underway on the 100MW Raasi Solar Park in Tamil Nadu, India.

CIS thin-film manufacturer, Solar Frontier, is touting a new lightweight PV module for the residential rooftop market, primarily in Japan.

The World Bank Group (WBG) has released a report calling for more investment in solar energy as a tool for tackling extreme poverty.

US-based PV module supplier, Westinghouse Solar is teetering on the brink of insolvency, recent SEC filings reveal.