Photovoltaics important to USA, roadmap says

The USA is the world leader in research, technology, and manufacturing of photovoltaics (PV) for producing solar power, but it faces strong competition from Europe and Japan, according to a group of industry leaders. The group, organized by the National Center for Photovoltaics, part of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (Golden, CO) has published the PV Industry Roadmap, which outlines goals and strategies for the American PV industry. The roadmap calls for 25% annual growth over the next 20 years. Its four main goals are to maintain American technological leadership, achieve competitiveness with other energy technologies, maintain a sustained market, and make the industry profitable and attractive to investors.