{"id":1005,"date":"2009-06-04T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2017-09-05T17:54:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T21:54:15","slug":"solar-power-industry-is-optimistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energyrefuge.com\/blog\/solar-power-industry-is-optimistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar power: industry is optimistic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/GCA-GreenBusiness\/idUSTRE5516QW20090602\">A report from Reuters\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Global Energy Summit<\/a> indicates that solar power executives are positive the market may rebound.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The prospects for 2010 and beyond are quite significant,&#8221; Suntech Power Holdings Co Ltd Chief Strategy Officer Steven Chan told the Reuters Global Energy Summit on Tuesday. &#8220;Next year, I wouldn&#8217;t be surprised if the U.S. market tripled off of this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Spain drove the markets down. 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