News & Technology
US Solar Market To Grow Tenfold by 2014
Solarbuzz:
Published: July 26, 2010
California, United States — Despite a challenging domestic economic environment, the U.S. solar market grew 36% in 2009, according to the United States PV Market 2010 from Solarbuzz. This growth was, however, not nearly as strong as the region’s 62% growth in 2008. On a global scale, the country was ranked the [...]
Welcome Eckard Roofing & Solar
Ambassador Energy announces the addition of their newest Ambassador Energy Authorized Agency, Eckard Roofing out of Truckee/Tahoe! Scott Eckard, the company’s principle, attended Residential and Commercial Solar Training at Ambassador Energy’s HQ in Murrieta CA this week. He is anxious to take his training back to the Tahoe area and begin installing Solar PV for his [...]
UC Berkeley Study Shows Benefits Of FIT
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) has announced the results of a study examining the economic benefits of a comprehensive feed-in tariff (FIT). The analysis shows that enacting a robust FIT in California to achieve the state’s 33% by 2020 renewable portfolio standard (RPS) would create more than $2 billion in additional tax revenue and [...]
AE hosts graduate student intern from Spain!
Ambassador Energy has been chosen by Spain’s University of Valencia to host graduate student, Jaime Mira Llobet. During his six-month internship, Jaime will learn all processes of Ambassador Energy’s solar offerings, including: engineering and design; procurement and order processing; sales and marketing; site analysis; strategic partner management; client relations.
Mira Llobet arrived in America with a [...]
Wineries "go green" with solar systems
“Going green.” The term tends to vary from industry to industry, and even company to company. It can be anything from purchasing carbon offsets to using solar or wind power to organic farming practices to recycling, or a combination of these. Reuters recently posted an article highlighting “green” wineries and what the term means in [...]
IREC reports solar is soaring
The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) annual report found that the annual U.S. photovoltaic (PV) installed capacity grew by 63% in 2008, compared with installations in 2007.