{"id":203577,"date":"2010-01-20T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-investors-are-crazy-about-chinese-solar-companies-2010-1"},"modified":"2010-01-20T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T16:30:00","slug":"why-investors-are-crazy-about-chinese-solar-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/203577","title":{"rendered":"Why Investors Are Crazy About Chinese Solar Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"float_right\" src=\"http:\/\/static.businessinsider.com\/~~\/f?id=4b4b88f100000000004593d9\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chinese solar \" \/><\/p>\n<p>As countries all over the world begin pivoting towards renewable energy sources in order to reduce carbon emissions, more of investors&#8217; attention is being paid to the solar industry.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the biggest bets in this sector are Chinese solar companies.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>One reason: Solar itself is getting cheaper, which could lead to industry growth. Roughly a year and a half ago, photovoltaic panels cost about $3.50 a watt. Today they&#8217;re less than $2 a watt, and by sometime in 2012 they&#8217;re predicted to be less than $1 a watt.<\/p>\n<p>But why China specifically?<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-investors-are-crazy-about-chinese-solar-companies-2010-1\/the-solar-market-is-headed-for-big-time-growth-in-2010-1\">See why investors are going crazy for Chinese solar companies &gt;<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-investors-are-crazy-about-chinese-solar-companies-2010-1#comments\">Join the conversation about this story &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>See Also:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-most-expensive-environmental-disasters-of-the-decade-2009-12\">The 10 Most Expensive Environmental Disasters Of The Decade<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-worlds-ten-tiniest-cars-2009-12\">The 10 Smallest Cars In The World<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-10-countries-with-the-most-dwindling-oil-production-2009-12\">The 10 Countries With The Most Dwindling Oil Production<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jvfuQzMkekgMS7V53uOnBnn4kLM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jvfuQzMkekgMS7V53uOnBnn4kLM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jvfuQzMkekgMS7V53uOnBnn4kLM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/jvfuQzMkekgMS7V53uOnBnn4kLM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?a=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/greensheet?i=-NczUcqo3MI:npcdssc3vak:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/greensheet\/~4\/-NczUcqo3MI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As countries all over the world begin pivoting towards renewable energy sources in order to reduce carbon emissions, more of investors&#8217; attention is being paid to the solar industry. Some of the biggest bets in this sector are Chinese solar companies. Why? One reason: Solar itself is getting cheaper, which could lead to industry growth. 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