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Nearly $3 Million Available for Microgrid and Resiliency Hub Development and Construction

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) Resilient Maryland Program is now accepting applications. This comprehensive program provides preconstruction analysis and capital installation funds for the development and construction of microgrids, resilient facility  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Awards Frostburg State University $750,000 to Develop Microgrid: Students, Staff, and the Broader Community to Benefit During Emergency Situations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Frostburg, MD – Today the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces a key step forward in bolstering Maryland’s resilience to energy disruptions. Frostburg State University (FSU), located in Allegany County, has been awarded a $750,000 grant from MEA’s Fiscal Year 22 (FY22) Resilient Maryland Capital  …Learn more

$750,000 Awarded to Two Organizations Through Maryland Resiliency Hub Grant Program

Baltimore, MD —Today the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is announcing $750,000 in awards to build new solar plus energy storage resiliency hubs, one in Baltimore City and the other in Prince George’s County. Each of these resiliency hub projects will be able to isolate from the grid when it’s down and  …Learn more

Maryland Energy Administration Announces New Funding for Microgrids and Resiliency Hubs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) today announced new funding for microgrids, resilient facility power systems, resiliency hubs, and other distributed energy resource (DER) systems that bring affordable, reliable and sustainable energy to Maryland communities and organizations sensitive to power disruption.  In fall  …Learn more

Clean and Resilient Buses in Brookville: MEA Helps County Meet Energy Goals

Agency Issues $300,000 Grant for Microgrid at Brookville Bus Depot Brookville, MD – The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is leading the way once again in clean energy innovation. The groundbreaking for a microgrid to power the Brookville Bus Depot fleet took place on Thursday, September 2, 2021 as part of  …Learn more

MEA’s Resilient Maryland Returns to Push the Envelope on Distributed Energy: FY22 Program Now Accepting Applications

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is pleased to announce that the Fiscal Year 2022 Resilient Maryland Program is now open for applications. This program provides competitive grants to support concept development, feasibility analysis and preconstruction planning for microgrids and other distributed energy resources (DERs) designed to benefit a wide variety  …Learn more

Frostburg State University is Planning a Resilient Energy Future

Frostburg State University is planning a resilient energy future for their campus that will control energy costs, avoid power outages and train the next wave of renewable energy professionals. Read more below:

Maryland Energy Administration Awards Over Half a Million Dollars to Bolster State Energy Resilience and Sustainability

Resilient Maryland Program Advances Opportunities for Cleaner Grid Baltimore, MD – Today the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) announces $566,000 in awards for eight organizations that will fund feasibility analysis, planning, and design of microgrids bringing resilience and sustainability to Maryland communities, critical infrastructure, essential businesses, and emergency services.  Funding for  …Learn more

Housing Initiative Partnership, Pepco and Emera Technologies Awarded $200,000 Grant by the Maryland Energy Administration for Innovative Microgrid Community in Fairmount Heights

Public-private partnership will bring transformative microgrid technology to new low-to-moderate income residential construction project in Prince George’s County Baltimore, MD The Housing Initiative Partnership (HIP), a green nonprofit affordable housing developer based in Prince George’s County, along with Pepco and Emera Technologies, have been awarded a $200,000 grant from the  …Learn more

Combined Heat and Power Spotlight Projects

by Kaymie Owen, CMP, Communications Manager Combined Heat and Power (CHP) are systems that combine technologies to maximize energy efficiency and reduce waste. In traditional fossil fuel power plants, two-thirds of the energy used to generate electricity is wasted in the form of heat discharged to the atmosphere as well  …Learn more

Montgomery County Amplifies Sustainability with Two Energy Resilience Microgrids

by Kaymie Owen, CMP, Communications Manager Montgomery County has developed an advanced microgrid at its public safety headquarters and correctional facility that will improve the resiliency of government operations, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, upgrade existing aging electric infrastructure without capital expenditure and control energy costs. This project is partially funded  …Learn more