Goldpoly buys China Merchants

CMNE has either the development- or acquisition-rights to some 5GW of solar capacity

Cell-maker Goldpoly New Energy has acquired China Merchants New Energy (CMNE), a project developer and module assembler, in a first step towards becoming China’s largest solar developer.

The acquisition, announced late last week, will see Hong Kong-listed Goldpoly pay HK$2.12bn ($273m) to buy the 92.2% of CMNE it did not already own.

Ease Soar, a subsidiary of GCL-Poly – among the world’s largest polysilicon producers – will offload its 17.4% stake in CMNE, in return for which GCL-Poly will be left with a 13% stake in Goldpoly.

Based in Fujian province, Goldpoly buys wafers and converts them into its own-brand cells, and produces cells for other PV manufacturers under OEM agreements.

Goldpoly says that as business conditions have deteriorated for…

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