Ups and Downs in Maryland Solar Industry
A great stepping stone for the Maryland solar market would be to add solar power systems to state buildings. Effectively, on March 24th, 2010, just that occurred. The Maryland Department of Basic Services announced that they would be installing photovoltaic systems on five of their buildings. Engaged in a 20-year power purchase agreement with SunEdison to install, finance, personal and operate the 5 solar systems, Maryland taxpayers would not be responsible for the upfront price of the projects. Solar arrays would also be a excellent addition to the state’s renewable power portfolio.
One more excellent sign for the Maryland solar market entails the Maryland Power Administration updating a new incentive program for the installation of mid-sized solar electric systems. In an attempt to make clean power retrofits accessible to local organizations, the two year system would use a total of up to .45 million to support subsidize the expense of commercial rooftop solar projects. Maryland businesses would qualify for a rebate of per kilowatt of solar electrical energy installed for systems among 20 and 100 kW, or a grant of up to ,000. The MEA incentive plan would also cover up to 15% of a solar thermal method, or up to ,000 per grant. Company owners should be extremely attracted to this offer as the economy is prime for developing your own solar small business from the ground up. The Maryland solar industry will undoubtedly see development from this move.
But in the finish, 1 blemish to the Maryland solar business should be noted. On March 26th, BP Solar regretfully laid off 320 of their 430 employees putting a halt to all production of solar panels in their Frederick, Maryland plant.
Sadly, because we are still in a recession, the Maryland solar market along with other states’ solar markets will still see setbacks like the one previously talked about. This may possibly be one more sad event that requirements to occur for the whole green economy to move forward. Some solar firms will have to fail just before we see price drops and the huge boom the solar market seems to be waiting impatiently for.
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