The Grid Access Unit of South African power utility Eskom has praised the efforts of juwi and Sonnedix for their successful connection to the grid of the Mulilo-Sonnedix-Prieska PV project, which is believed to be the first PV project under the REIPP to gain grid code compliance before reaching Commercial Operation.

The e-commerce giant has agreed to purchase energy from a further 180 MW of solar projects that will be developed by Dominion in Virginia, US, as Amazon looks to fuel 100% of its operations through renewable energy within the next ten years.

The growing adoption of string inverters for utility-scale solar plants was a hot topic at Huawei’s FusionSolar Conference in Lyon, France, earlier in the month, as market analysts predict that high-power and high-voltage string inverters are poised to take a bigger slice of the inverter market, which is good news for Huawei; the world’s largest string inverter supplier.

The U.S. power electronics company has secured its first order in German for its power conversion systems for energy storage, after giving a demonstration in a bid to enter the burgeoning German energy storage market.

High-purity polysilicon manufacturer, Daqo New Energy, experienced a sequential drop in all major areas during the third quarter of the year, as average selling prices fell alongside polysilicon demand, however, the company was also able to reduce its own production costs, and believes the market has now stabilized somewhat.

The Jordanian government has invited developers to participate in the next round of solar tenders, which will see a further 200 MW of utility-scale solar PV installed within the country that is continuing to compound its reputation of the leading solar market in the region.

The Chinese tier one solar manufacturer has cut its ties with its downstream business in China, Jinko Power, after completing the sale of 55% of its shares in the business for USD 250 million, as it continues to focus on its upstream activities.

The Chinese solar manufacturer has agreed to buy a 51% stake in residential solar business, Forum (Asia), as the company begins to come good on its plans to expand into the downstream side of the industry.

A joint venture of Enel Green Power and Fondo Italiano per le Infrastrutture has signed the contract to buy the 60 MW of solar projects from Etrion for a fee that could go as high as EUR 102 million, as business for the Swiss power producer seems to be strengthening after posting positive quarterly financial results.

The solar plants from the telecommunications company are the first projects to be equity financed by the Catalyst MENA Clean Energy Fund, which is hoping to set up a selection of renewable energy projects across the Middle East and North Africa, beginning by taking advantage of Jordan’s new “wheeling law.”