{"id":12457,"date":"2008-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v4.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/realistic-optimism-reigns-on-the-u-s-photovoltaic-market\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T10:26:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T10:26:00","slug":"realistic-optimism-reigns-on-the-u-s-photovoltaic-market","status":"publish","type":"technical-papers","link":"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/realistic-optimism-reigns-on-the-u-s-photovoltaic-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Realistic optimism reigns on the U.S. photovoltaic market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Rossol&#45;Allison, Vice President of U.S. Office, EuPD Research<\/p>\n<p>Three buzzwords dominate the discussion about the future of the photovoltaic market in the U.S. right now: ITC (investment tax credit), credit crunch, and Obama. All three have the potential to shape how the solar industry will look in the next decades. Primary data results from EuPD Research show that after a year that featured much wailing and gnashing of teeth, market participants are now \u201crealistically optimistic\u201d on the prospects for the industry, despite the influence of the international credit crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three buzzwords dominate the discussion about the future of the photovoltaic market in the U.S. right now: ITC (investment tax credit), credit crunch, and Obama. All three have the potential to shape how the solar industry will look in the next decades. Primary data results from EuPD Research show that after a year that featured much wailing and gnashing of teeth, market participants are now \u201crealistically optimistic\u201d on the prospects for the industry, despite the influence of the international credit crisis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","paywall-tags":[8671],"technical-papers-categories":[2927,2921],"class_list":["post-12457","technical-papers","type-technical-papers","status-publish","hentry","paywall-tags-premium","technical-papers-categories-market-watch","technical-papers-categories-photovoltaics-international-papers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Realistic optimism reigns on the U.S. photovoltaic market - PV Tech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-tech.org\/technical-papers\/realistic-optimism-reigns-on-the-u-s-photovoltaic-market\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Realistic optimism reigns on the U.S. photovoltaic market\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Three buzzwords dominate the discussion about the future of the photovoltaic market in the U.S. right now: ITC (investment tax credit), credit crunch, and Obama. 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