So Warren Buffett has the hots for solar. This week he committed a further $2.5bn to the industry through his MidAmerican Energy Holdings. For the first time in a long time, he is not alone. Shares in solar-panel makers such as First Solar and SunTech have finally turned a corner, recovering in recent months from five-year lows. Never mind the fundamentals – SunTech, the world’s biggest panel manufacturer, carries $1.6bn in net debt and is lossmaking, for example.
看來華倫•巴菲特(Warren Buffett)是迷上了太陽能。本週他通過旗下的中美能源控股(MidAmerican Energy Holdings),向該行業再度投資25億美元。這回他不是唯一這麼做的,這是很久以來頭一次。像First Solar和尚德(SunTech)這樣的太陽能電池板製造商,股價終於有了起色,近月來從5年低點反彈。且不談基本面因素——舉例來說,全球最大的太陽能電池板製造商尚德有16億美元淨債務,且處於虧損狀態。