The total amount of corporate investment into the solar industry – including public markets, debt financing, and venture-capital funding – fell to $1.7bn in the second quarter, says Mercom, a market researcher. That compares to $2.8bn of investment in the first quarter of this this year, and nearly $6bn during the second quarter of 2015.
Solar stocks remain under heavy pressure, amid ongoing weakness in energy and commodity markets and persistent concerns about the state of the global economy.
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