ROCK HALL — A new solar power array in Rock Hall will provide most of the electricity for the Town Hall, a school and three other buildings. Rock Hall and Kent County officials plan to unveil the new array Friday ...

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County expands small business loan fund Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz announced on Wednesday that five more banks have joined the Baltimore County Small Business Loan Partnership, bringing total commitments to the loan fund to $12.35 million from 20 financial ...

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SunEdison LLC of Beltsville, a worldwide solar energy services provider, said a German investment company purchased 33 megawatts of solar photovoltaic systems located in Italy and Spain. Terms of the transaction, including financial details, were not disclosed. The same company, ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A state delegate from western Maryland is pushing for a higher lease rate on state prison land near Hagerstown where the governor’s administration envisions a large-scale, solar-energy project. Washington County Republican Christopher Shank says the proposed lease rate of ...

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FREDERICK — BP Solar says it plans to close its Frederick operation early next year and many of the site’s 80 employees could lose their jobs. Company spokesman Pete Resler said Tuesday that BP Solar will end operations at the ...

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The Washington Redskins have selected Princeton, N.J.-based NRG Energy to bring renewable energy to FedExField in Landover. New solar power installations integrated into the stadium and in the parking lot will be unveiled in September. NRG will install 8,000 solar ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A private firm announced a $70 million plan Friday to build Maryland’s largest solar energy project on the grounds of a state prison near Hagerstown to generate electricity for the wholesale market. Maryland Solar LLC of Easton said ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Power suppliers that sell electricity in Maryland will have to buy more energy from solar sources under a law taking effect Saturday. The law moves up the timetable for making solar energy part of the state’s renewables portfolio ...

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LOS ANGELES — A draft plan identifying prime areas for solar energy projects on public lands in the Southwest was released Thursday by the Interior Department in an effort to speed up development. The draft identifies 24 so-called solar energy ...

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Industry leaders painted a bright future for solar energy developers in Maryland at the Maryland, DC and Virginia Solar Energy Industries Association’s fourth annual conference. Tony Clifford, CEO of Rockville-based Standard Solar Inc. and president of the SEIA, said the ...

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