The world is in the midst of a massive shift to more energy-efficient and environmentally friendly transportation across the board. From public buses and trucks to cars and even e-bikes, the largest auto manufacturers around the world are scrambling to ...

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Maryland officials say the nation's first fully converted gas-to-electric refueling and service station for electric vehicles has opened in the state.

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Maryland’s lead agency on energy policy has a new director just one day after the organization’s former director departed for a new job within state government. The appointment of Mary Beth Tung, the former deputy secretary of the Maryland Department ...

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A. Leigh Williams, the director Maryland Energy Administration, is changing roles less than a year after Gov. Larry Hogan appointed her to lead the agency tasked with setting policy on reducing energy consumption in the state.

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The Regional Manufacturing Institute of Maryland will hold free, 20-minute webinars on ways to save electricity and funding incentives available to companies in the area served by Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Topics of the webinars include BGE and Maryland ...

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The Maryland Energy Administration announced a new grant program aimed at supporting Maryland companies that seek to enter the offshore wind industry.

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The Maryland Energy Administration announced it has expanded its “Fuel Up Maryland” service station grant program, which provides grants to service stations to install back-up power sources, such as generators, to counter the effect of major power outages due to weather emergencies.

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ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley is swearing in a new transportation secretary. Jim Smith, the former Baltimore County executive, will be sworn in at a ceremony in Annapolis on Tuesday. The position had been vacant since Beverley Swaim-Staley resigned a ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Abigail Ross Hopper, Gov. Martin O’Malley’s energy adviser since 2010, has been named Director of the Maryland Energy Administration. O’Malley announced the appointed on Wednesday. Hopper has been acting director of MEA since last year, and will continue ...

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The Maryland Energy Administration announced the second round of funding for its "Game Changer Competitive Grant Program," a program created to provide cost-sharing grants for innovative clean energy generation technologies and market strategies in Maryland.

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