Short Position - Green challenges, inflation, margin squeeze

Green challenges

THE rising prices of various raw materials are impacting the cost of production of many firms. But one particular industry stands out, namely that of green energy.

As has been widely-publicised, a sudden and steep rise in the cost for solar panels seems to have thrown a spanner in the works of the burgeoning solar power industry. This in turn is putting a damper on the green energy targets that country’s like Malaysia have set for itself.

Solar panels