News
of
the
MiaSole
deal
was
leaked
in
October
last
year
when
US
media
reported
that
Hanergy
had
paid
$30m
for
the
company.
Hanergy
senior
vice
president
Jason
Chow
declined
to
comment
on
the
purchase
price.
The
Beijing-based
company
first
came
to
international
attention
when
it
acquired
thin-film
module
maker
Solibro
from
bankrupt
German
group
Q-Cells
in
June
last
year.
Like
Solibro,
MiaSole
also
makes
solar
panels
using
copper
indium
gallium
selenide
(CIGS)
although
its
technology
is
slightly
different.
The
new
deal
will
turn
Hanergy,
which
started
out
as…