Also, solar PV manufacturing will continue to be a global business and cannot become concentrated in Asia, he tells Recharge in an email interview.

Excerpts were published in the 9 July 2010 print edition, ahead of the Intersolar conference in San Francisco.

Q: With support for feed-in tariffs in major European markets waning, what do you see as the key demand drivers for the industry?

A: European support of feed-in tariffs (FIT) is not waning at all.