One fear shared by many enthusiasts of renewables, says Andrew Simms, policy director of the NEF, is that the government is simply losing interest in them.
It's amazing because Janica has never been on the podium of a World Cup giant slalom and, on paper, Nef was the favourite, mainly because she was so dominant last season.
Solar energy has been the victim of its own success, growing at an annual rate of 254% between 2004 and 2008 according to NEF, creating a mini bubble that was bound to burst.