"With the renewal of the federal investment
tax credit (ITC) for solar energy projects and within the framework of
the current economic climate, EuPD Research surveyed the solar
photovoltaics (PV) industry about their expectations for the solar PV
market."
"The results of this survey,
according to EuPD show that companies in the industry anticipate that
there will be growth in newly installed capacity in the United States
from 200 megawatts (MW) in 2007 to 1840 MW in 2012. The companies also
said that there will be a cumulative total installed capacity increase
from 636 MW in 2007 to 5182.1 MW in 2012, or an average of 52% growth
per year over the next five years."