Hong Kong-listed Shunfeng, already one of the world’s largest generators of solar energy, provided the update just weeks before it hopes to finalise its acquisition of Wuxi Suntech, the manufacturing arm of bankrupted Suntech.

Some 60% of Shunfeng’s capacity is located in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, with another 200MW in Gansu province, and smaller amounts in Shaanxi, Qinghai and Ningxia Hui Autonomous provinces, the company says.

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