MSSI - Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc
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Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. would like to thank everyone who stopped by our booth at this year’s Fall Home & Garden Show at the Timonium State Fair Grounds!
The show took place Friday
thru Sunday, October 14th, 15th, & 16thMaryland Solar Solutions, Inc.’s free solar seminars are free and open to anyone. Come and meet the owner and some employees of the company. Learn about how solar electricity works, a little of its history (solar panels have been around longer than you think!), and discover the tax incentives and grants available for home and business owners who add solar arrays in Maryland.
MSSI staff will also take the time to explain the sometimes-confusing world of SRECS, or Solar Renewable Energy Credits. These credits, which represent the green value of the clean energy your solar array generates, are sold at auction twice a year and purchased by utilities and other companies seeking to meet Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio standards. The State of Maryland’s ambitious goals call for 20% of Maryland’s power to be generated by clean sources by 2022, including 2% from solar. Many companies find it practical to purchase SRECs aggregated from small solar arrays in order to meet this goal.
Light refreshments are served, and our relaxed, comfortable atmosphere allows MSSI staff and our seminar guests to talk in a small group setting.
Please, rsvp to MSSIcontact@marylandsolarsolutions.com or call 443-218-2620 if you plan to attend.
Saturday, October 2nd, Maryland homeowners got a chance to see solar electric systems, solar thermal energy, straw bale insulation, and other green innovations in use in real people’s homes in and around the Baltimore metro area.
Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. was happy to host the Baltimore Area branch of the American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour. The free, self-guided tour took place on October 2nd. Guests visited three locations in the Baltimore area, including a Baltimore row house, a traditional roof installation in Howard County, and a larger ground-mounted array in Fork, MD.
The staff of Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. is already planning to participate in next year’s ASES National Solar Tour in Fall 2011. It’s too soon for rsvps for guests, but please contact us if you live in Baltimore City or the surrounding area and would like to add your solar home or business to the tour.
E-mail MSSIcontact@marylandsolarsolutions.com or call 443-218-2620.
Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. is pleased to report that we have received certification from the Maryland Department of Transportation as a Minority Business Enterprise/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise. The certification is designed to give women and minority owned businesses and disadvantaged businesses access to public contracts. Our hope is that these certifications will help us grow and bring solar to a wider audience.
Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. has just received Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) Certification (Certification #10-357889) from the city of Baltimore. This certification is designed to help companies owned by women to grow and thrive by giving them a more direct avenue to city bids. This is exciting news both for Maryland Solar Solutions, Inc. and for the companies we partner with.
The Maryland Energy Administration Solar Energy Grant incentives went through many changes in 2010 as the MEA struggled to balance increased grant funding with increased demand for the program. From the MEA site:
The Maryland Energy Administration's budget for its residential solar and geothermal grant programs has seen a near ten-fold increase over the last two years. Fiscal year 2010 was a record funding year for MEA; supported by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) as well as proceeds from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), MEA was able to award grants to more than 2,000 Maryland residents and small business owners.
Demand for MEA's residential Solar Energy Grant Program remains high with several hundred applicants still awaiting grant approval With the strong rate of incoming applications, MEA has now reserved all of its budgeted ARRA funds for its residential solar grant program. Out of a desire to extend our solar and geothermal grant programs beyond this fiscal year to continue reaching as many Marylanders as possible, MEA is announcing an update to the calculation of our Solar PV, Solar Hot Water grants.
For home and business owners adding solar in Maryland, the incentives currently stand at $500/kilowatt, or $.50 per watt. However, these incentives are subject to change with little notice.
The Economic Stimulus Bill signed into law on February 17th, 2009 has resulted in several important new incentives and measures to stimulate energy efficiency and solar, wind and other renewable energy development, manufacturing, installation and operation in the United States.