Small China solar projects turn to crowdfunding
Banks decline to lend to small developers as the due diligence takes too much time
Beijing
WHEN Kong Sun Holdings Ltd went looking for money to build a small-scale solar-power plant in Inner Mongolia, large banks weren't interested.
The Hong Kong-listed developer of solar projects instead headed online and got a finance-lease credit line. The one billion yuan (S$219.6 million) loan from the Internet investment platform called Solarbao.com covered a 10-megawatt unit.
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