Wedge Partners Says China Solar Companies Slowing Production
According to Barrons, Wedge Partners was out with a research note this morning saying that the China based solar companies are slowing production in anticipation of falling demand and prices.
Some highlights:
– Suntech (STP) is laying off about 10% of its employees, idled half its production lines and shelved plans to expand to 1.2GW by the end of the year
– JA Solar (JASO) is seeing customer orders down drastically and half of its production lines closed
– Yingli Green Energy (YGE) has postponed plans to expand to 600MW which it just announced a month ago
– Trina Solar (TSL) halted plans to expand to 700MW
This industry was in great need of a shakeout and its time to start keeping an eye on those solar companies that will emerge as the winners as the industry matures and the economy improves. I like First Solar (FSLR) and Energy Conversion Devices (ENER) as individual plays while the Claymore Global Solar ETF (TAN) and Market Vectors Solar ETF (KWT) offer good diversified approaches.
Tags: Barrons, ener, energy conversion devices, first solar, fslr, ja solar, jaso, solar etf, stp, Suntech, trina solar, tsl, wedge partners, yge, yingli green energy
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