3 designers team up on 24-MW community solar portfolio in Maryland

• Solar energy development leaders OneEnergy Renewables, CleanChoice Energy and also Standard Solar introduced a cooperation to develop nine community solar projects in Maryland. Development work with the 24-MW portfolio is full, as well as 4 of the nine projects are ready for operation.

As part of Maryland's Community Solar Pilot Program, the projects enable Maryland homeowners to conserve approximately 10% on their utility bills based upon power produced by the projects. The 24-MW portfolio is projected to benefit 5,000+ Maryland families yearly through community solar registrations.

The nine projects lie across five various Maryland counties as well as three utility territories. All the projects are 'dual-use,' which indicates they will certainly work as solar farms and pollinator habitats.

Standard Solar funded the building and also will certainly possess and run the projects long-term. OneEnergy partnered with the landowners to site, authorization and design the projects, and CCE is in charge of the client acquisition to sign up Maryland locals.

Yesterday, Standard Solar, OneEnergy and CCE held a ribbon-cutting event at the Checkerspot Community Solar website in Tracy's Touchdown.

" By coordinating with the skilled development group at OneEnergy on this statewide portfolio, Standard Solar is aiding Maryland reach its renewable resource goals and also enhancing its commitment to Maryland," said Eric Partyka, supervisor of company development for Standard Solar. "Adding these nine dual-use community solar projects to our ownership portfolio straightens with our objective to enhance accessibility to renewable resource for communities across Maryland and also of being accountable stewards of ecological resources."

With each other, the projects aid Maryland satisfy its Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets and also contribute significant capacity to Maryland's community solar market. Maryland presently ranks seventeenth in the country for solar capacity, with enough solar installed to power more than 153,000 homes.

" We are proud to help make solar energy one more crop for our landowners, allowing lots of to keep farms that have remained in their households for generations," stated Marni Caroll, VP of development for OneEnergy. "Each project will certainly feature brand-new habitat for indigenous pollinators, which contribute to one in every 3 attacks of food we eat. These projects show that community solar can benefit the electric grid we depend on, the air we take a breath, and the farmlands we enjoy."

The projects are called for butterflies, pollinator plants as well as other regional natural spots. The projects are as follows:

Anne Arundel County, Utility: BGE

• Checkerspot, 2 MW
• Bathian, 2.8 MW
• Patuxent, 2.8 MW

Baltimore County, Utility: BGE

• Sassafras, 2.4 MW
• Trillium, 2.8 MW

Howard County, Utility: BGE

• Metalmark, 2.8 MW
• Viceroy, 2.6 MW

Prince George's County, Utility: PEPCO

• Monarch, 2.8 MW

Dorchester County, Utility: Delmarva

• Glassywing, 2 MW

" Community solar is critical to raising access to the benefits of solar. Our collaboration with Standard Solar as well as OneEnergy Renewables means that hundreds of Marylanders are able to save money while supporting solar below in the state," stated Tom Matzzie, Chief Executive Officer of CCE. "Community solar as well as various other climate-tech solutions encourage consumers to be the driving pressure behind decarbonization, and CleanChoice is proud to be relocating us towards an extra sustainable future."