Summary
Canadian Solar's projected and late-stage pipeline is growing at a fast pace due to its presence in key solar markets such as North America and China.
Canadian Solar has trained its sights on the fast-growing Chinese solar market, where it has set up a plant with robust expandable capacity.
Canadian Solar has also minimized the production cost of various solar modules in China over the past few years, and this will have a positive impact on its gross margin.
Despite its strong run this year, Canadian Solar is still cheaper than its peers.
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Canadian Solar has strengthened its project pipeline in a strategic manner. For instance, the company recently bought Recurrent Energy, a North American solar company, for $265 million. This acquisition has added another 4 GW of downstream projects to Canadian Solar's existing project pipeline. Also, this transaction is expected to improve its late stage project pipeline by approximately 1 GW to 2.4 GW, leading to a revenue opportunity of more than $2.3 billion over the next two years.
Additionally, this acquisition has strengthened Canadian Solar's footprint in North America. This is a smart move, since the North American solar market is expected to grow at a fast pace going forward ...
Canadian Solar is also strengthening its footprint in the Chinese market, where it is has recently deployed a new manufacturing plant. At the end of last year, the factory was capable of producing 60 MW, but it is expected that Canadian Solar can ramp up the capacity to an impressive 1.2 GW. ...
According to Barron's, "China's energy regulator National Energy Administration released its official solar installation target for 2015. Beijing decided to install 17.8GW, 19% higher than the 15GW mentioned in the draft circular."
....the company has minimized the cost of its polysilicon wafers at its Chinese factories from $0.76/W to $0.21/W, the cost of solar cells from $0.22/W to $0.13/W, and the cost of modules from $0.33/W to $0.13/W in the past three years. Driven by such efforts, Canadian Solar's margins will continue improving going forward.
Canadian Solar's project pipeline is growing at a fast pace, and the company is reducing its costs as well. Hence, it should be able to deliver a strong bottom line performance going forward. .....
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