AMSOLAR Corporation
AMSOLAR is an emerging San Diego-based company seeking to rapidly increase the adoption of solar
power systems across the country. It's unique approach overcomes two distinct and, until now, practically
insurmountable obstacles for its customers – the cost in implementing such a system and the inability to tie
such efforts into a direct benefit to their core mission.
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Energy Boom
The Renewable Energy Leadership Forum - Joshua Weinstein
Featured in this week's edition of the Renewable Energy Leader's Forum is Joshua Weinstein, the Managing Partner of solar developer AMSOLAR.
One of many start-up companies jockeying for position in the burgeoning solar market, AMSOLAR is focused on a particular niche market: schools. Recently, Joshua took some time out to explain his company's unique mission as well as share his thoughts on the energy industry with EnergyBoom.
School Construction News
Firms Commit to School Solar Projects
Solar energy developer AMSOLAR Corp. of Solana Beach, Calif., is partnering with global renewable energy investor GCL Solar Energy of Hong Kong. The companies signed a program agreement in June stating that the two companies will collectively develop solar power plants for schools under long-term power purchase agreements. GCL will fund the projects that AMSOLAR develops with schools and districts around the U.S., according to reports.
NBC San Diego
Schools Going Solar Will Save Million$
CNet
San Diego schools to be over 10 percent solar
The San Diego Unified School District Board of Education has approved a contract with AMSOLAR to build and operate 5.2 megawatts worth of solar panels on its properties.
AMSOLAR specializes in building solar projects in conjunction with schools specifically, and offers an unusual space-for-electricity financing model.
Converge Magazine
University of San Diego Installs Solar Panels
Through a power purchase agreement with a private-sector vendor, the company will own the solar panels,
and the school will pay the company, AMSOLAR Corp. based in Solana Beach, Calif., for the electricity the
panels generate. As electricity rates keep going up, the university will save more money. Already, the initial
estimate of a 15 percent savings on the utility bill has doubled to 30 percent, totaling about $140,000.
San Diego Union-Tribune
Solana Beach firm puts solar in schools
For AMSOLAR of Solana Beach, the solar market isn’t about putting panels on every roof, but about putting
them on roofs with students inside.
Managing Partner Joshua Weinstein helped start the company after working in the German solar industry,
deciding the time was right to return to the United States.
North County Times
INNOVATION: Here comes the sun, down go the bills
Solar electricity systems can be a good way to save money, if you're patient. The systems take several years to pay back the investment.
Amsolar Corp. is shaking up that model by providing instant savings, with no upfront cost, to customers who choose its systems. The company is mainly targeting universities and other educational institutions.
The Daily Transcript
Solar technology companies to experience bubble burst like dot-coms, experts say
By Monica Unhold
For companies like AMSOLAR, the concern is perception when large solar companies fail, Weinstein said. The failure of large solar companies may lead people to believe the technology also not sound. The solar industry in San Diego is “alive and well” and businesses must do a better job of educating the public. “All of us in the solar business need to do a better job of taking the mystique out of the solar industry,” Weinstein said.
San Diego News Network
Joshua Weinstein, managing partner at AMSOLAR Corporation, looked at Europe’s thriving green energy
industry when he started his company a year ago. The San Diego native decided to bring solar solutions here
after observing a five-year track record of success with solar energy in Europe.
San Diego Union-Tribune
USD teams up to develop big solar energy system
The University of San Diego and AMSOLAR Corp. of Solana Beach yesterday announced plans to develop the eighth-largest solar energy facility on a college campus in the United States.
The Daily Transcript
USD to install 1.23-megawatt solar energy system
University of San Diego and AMSOLAR announced plans to install more than 1 megawatt of solar power on the campus before the end of next year.
