In the U.S., the company recently announced that it has completed construction on two utility-scale solar power projects in North Carolina

In light of the provisional tariffs implemented into a law on June 6th, the company’s statement of only 10% shipments to EU in the second half of the year makes Hanwha SolarOne well prepared to evade impact from potentially higher tariffs in August

The closest to meet this objective is Canadian Solar, and only if the solar plant sales are recognized, something considered to be certain for Q3 results

SHANGHAI, June 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hanwha SolarOne Co., Ltd. ("SolarOne" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: HSOL), a vertically integrated manufacturer of silicon ingots, wafers, and photovoltaic ("PV") cells and modules in China, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Hanwha SolarOne (Qidong) Co., Ltd., has secured a three-year US$100 million term  loan facility (the "Loan") from the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM). The loan will mature on June 25, 2016 with payment of principal to be made at maturity. The interest rate floats with the three-month LIBOR, plus 1.99 % per annum. The loan proceeds will be used primarily for working capital purposes.

Out of some 400 enterprises in China in 2011/2012, we identified around 160 with significant levels of capacity remaining active

Conversely, almost all recent events have made it very easy for critics and masters of the obvious to foresee the demise of solar, using a single indicator - a profitless business - to measure the future.