
6 Introduction to SolarPowerfortheWorld
As a result of the new competitiveness on purely commercial
grounds, PV starts liberating itself from the constraints of being
sponsored in one way or the other.
This means also, in particular, gaining the much-sought
predictability of market conditions by finance and industry and
getting rid of political decisions that are linked to any public
support. Remember how decision makers in the renewable energy
(RE) scene feel stressed in the United States before eventually
knowing at the end of the year if Congress has—or has not—
extended the “Investment Tax Credit” or whatever support vehicle.
For the time being, PV ...