Profits

Previously China’s largest player in the wind power industry, the Sinovel Wind Group has reported a 72.8 percent plunge in net profits for 2011 which it blames on growing competition tougher standards for grid connections and project approvals.
In sharp contrast to the dismal results of its counterparts in the solar sector, Chinese wind energy company Goldwind has announced revenues of RMB12.76bn (USD2 billion) and net profits of RMB718m for 2011.
Chinese car and battery maker BYD said on Tuesday that its net profit in 2011 fell by 44 percent from a year earlier due to fierce competition in the world's largest auto market and a sharp fall in photovoltaic product prices.
China Datang Corporation Renewable Power Co Limited is set to see its profits for 2011 increase by 50 percent on a year-on-year basis, a senior executive of the company said on Saturday, the first anniversary of its listing on the Hong Kong H Shares market.
Chinese solar wafer producer ReneSola Ltd, which earlier this week announced expected cuts in quarterly revenue and gross profit margin due to European markets slashing of solar subsidies, today announced it has begun shipping high-efficiency wafers and modules to a number of its top customers in Europe.