1500 MW of Solar Energy in Maryland

Filed in archive Solar on April 28, 2007

That is the target. By 2022, 1,500 MW of solar energy is envisioned for Maryland, putting it in the upper echelon of solar-supporting states in the US. Maryland is such a small state and this target is actually one half of that of California's! Thanks to bill H.B 1016/S.B. 595, Maryland's renewable portfolio standard pushes the state into a more ambitious but much welcomed renewable energy position.

I bet all those people who sent emails to their Representatives are grinning ear-to-ear. The legislation will require electricity supply to come from solar by 2009, increasing incrementally by 2 percent every year until 2022.

Hot! Hot! Hot!