Demand Fuels China's Solar IPOs

If anyone was wishing for Chinese solar-panel companies for Christmas, boy were they not disappointed.

Trina Solar was one of two China-based solar-panel companies that squeaked into the public markets before the gates closed for the year.

Like the other, Solarfun Power Holdings (SOLF Quote), Trina hit the U.S. markets only a few short weeks after the initial prospectus was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an accelerated schedule that normally takes a few months. ...