“Tier 1 companies are getting stronger, bigger and more international,” the vice-president for global sales at the world’s second-largest module supplier in 2015 tells Recharge, noting that Canadian Solar now sells into about 45 countries.

“The cost of solar is at an all-time low, and it’s opening up new opportunities, new demand.”

Koerner is a “strong believer” that no additional subsidies or support programmes will be necessary for solar in the US after the investment tax credit phases down.

“And