March 10 (Reuters) - Canadian Solar Inc CSIQ.O :
* Reports fourth quarter and full year 2015 results
* Q4 earnings per share $1.05
* Sees FY 2016 revenue $2.9 billion to $3.1 billion
* Q4 revenue $1.12 billion versus I/B/E/S view $1.04 billion
* Q4 earnings per share view $0.76 -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* Sees Q1 2016 revenue $645 million to $695 million
* Total solar module shipments in quarter of 1,430 mw, of which 1,398 mw were
recognized in revenue
* Qtrly gross margin was 17.9%, compared to 14.9% in the third quarter of 2015.
* Sees Q1 total module shipments to be in the range of approximately 1,085 mw
to 1,135 mw
* For FY 2016, expects total module shipments to be in range of approximately
5.4 gw to 5.5 gw, with about 5.0 gw recognized in revenue
* Q1 revenue view $803.1 million -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* FY 2016 revenue view $3.47 billion -- Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S
* At end of Q4 of 2015, the company booked approximately $1.2 billion of solar
power plant assets in property, plant and equipment
* Sees production cost to decrease throughout year as new internal wafer,cell
module capacities come online both inside and outside China
* Says may consider selling some of its oecd solar plants
* Says solar power plant assets in oecd countries are expected to reach 1.1 gw
by the end of 2016
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