“Our goal — in the next three to five years — is to become the [world’s] largest integrated clean-energy service provider,” Eric Luo, chief executive of Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), tells Recharge.

A few years ago, the company (known as Shunfeng Photovoltaic International until late 2014), was little more than a Tier-2 Chinese cell manufacturer. But in the past year or so, SFCE has expanded massively, acquiring ten companies and significantly broadening its influence in both the solar industry and the wider clean-energy sector.

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