First
Solar’s
announcement
in
particular
oozed
with
public
relations
speak,
touting
the
2MW
order
with
a
local
partner
in
Xinjiang
province
as
an
“important
step
forward
in
[its]
efforts
to
support
China’s
renewable
energy
goals”.
More
substantially,
SunPower
will
spend
$15m
buying
a
quarter-share
of
a
new
joint
venture
that
will
manufacture
and
deploy
its
C7
concentrator
technology
in
China.
But
surely
both
US-based
companies
know
these
deals
won’t
amount
to
much
–
at
least
not
any
time
soon.
First
Solar
is
acutely
aware
of
just
how
easy
it
is…
