{"id":4698,"date":"2020-09-10T15:35:32","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2022-03-21T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T13:25:30","slug":"maryland-energy-administration-announces-over-5-million-in-grant-awards-for-resilient-clean-energy-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2020\/09\/10\/maryland-energy-administration-announces-over-5-million-in-grant-awards-for-resilient-clean-energy-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Energy Administration Announces Over $5 Million in Grant Availability for Resilient Clean Energy Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
\nContact:\u00a0Jahmai Sharp-Moore<\/a> | 443-694-3651<\/p>\n

B<\/b>altimore, MD <\/b>\u2013 The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is launching a trio of resilient, clean energy grants to engage businesses, support jobs, and reinforce the state\u2019s clean energy goals. Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) programs are now open for <\/span>Combined Heat and Power (CHP)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Parking Lot Solar PV Canopy<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Resilient Maryland<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPowering Maryland\u2019s clean energy future is an essential collaboration between the public and private sector,\u201d said Governor Larry Hogan. \u201cMaryland continues to lead by example and we are proud to dedicate resources that serve our community in these challenging economic conditions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are backing Maryland businesses and key services with dynamic energy grants that leverage our skilled, clean energy workforce and build upon our previous successes,\u201d said Mary Beth Tung, MEA Director.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CHP systems combine technologies to maximize energy efficiency, reduce waste and offer cleaner, more resilient energy to <\/span>critical infrastructure facilities like hospitals, wastewater treatment plants, and manufacturers across Maryland. CHP systems can also be implemented by businesses, multifamily housing facilities, and other industries where continuous access to reliable electricity and heat are needed. Total funding for the FY21 program is $3.3 million, which will be divided between two cycles. The application deadline for the first cycle is<\/span> October 2, 2020<\/span>; full details can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

The MEA Parking Lot Solar PV Canopy program superchargers garages and lots by converting them into clean energy generation sites. This program also requires the addition of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, which adds to Maryland\u2019s expanding EV charging network. The FY21 cycle of the program has $1.6 million in available funding and the application period ends December 8, 2020; click <\/span>here <\/span><\/a>for program specifics.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Resilient Maryland <\/span><\/a>combines clean energy technology like CHP, energy storage, solar and similar technologies to enable essential services and organizations to outlast power disruptions and outages. Started last spring as a pilot, Resilient Maryland provides funding for feasibility analysis, planning, and design of cost-effective, replicable and scalable projects. The FY21 program has $600 thousand in available funding and the application deadline i<\/span>s January 29, 2021. <\/span>To read about 14 projects funded in FY20, click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>For general information on MEA and all our offerings, visit <\/span>Energy.Maryland.gov<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The mission of the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is to promote affordable, reliable and cleaner energy for the benefit of all Marylanders. To achieve its mission, MEA advises the Governor and General Assembly on matters relating to energy policy. MEA administers grant and loan programs to encourage clean energy technologies in all sectors of Maryland\u2019s economy: residential, commercial, agricultural, and transportation. For more information about the Maryland Energy Administration, visit<\/span> www.energy.maryland.gov<\/span><\/a> and follow us on<\/span> Facebook<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> Twitter<\/span><\/a> and<\/span> LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:\u00a0Jahmai Sharp-Moore | 443-694-3651 Baltimore, MD \u2013 The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) is launching a trio of resilient, clean energy grants to engage businesses, support jobs, and reinforce the state\u2019s clean energy goals. Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) programs are now open for Combined Heat and Power (CHP),  …Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,4],"tags":[93,83,62,123,94,122,20],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-press-releases","tag-chp","tag-clean-energy","tag-ev","tag-renewable-e","tag-resilient-energy","tag-solar-parking-canopy","tag-sustainable"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5892,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions\/5892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}