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Alchemity Wins a $1,000 prize from the MD Dept of Commerce at MEIA Pitch Event
By Sabrina Bachman |
Clean energy innovators, business leaders, and government supporters celebrate MEIA’s 2023 Cohort. College Park-based Alchemity was named the Grand Prize winner of the pitch competition during the Maryland Energy Innovation Accelerator (MEIA) 2023 Pitch Competition Finale, held on June 22. Four Startup Teams showcased their innovative clean energy product or service for a panel of…
Innovative Battery Manufactured in Maryland
By Rylee Kennedy |
MCEC recently had the opportunity to visit Ion Storage Systems (ION) at their Beltsville, MD location. ION boasts the only solid-state electrolyte technology that has achieved ARPA-E and DOE VTO Fast-Charge goals for Li-cycling current density at room temperature and with no applied pressure. This is enabled by their proprietary ceramic bilayer design which includes…
The Future of Offshore Wind in Maryland
By Rylee Kennedy |
Maryland Deems Offshore Wind a Vital Role in Fighting Climate Change Offshore wind is a renewable resource capable of providing U.S. coastal states with abundant amounts of energy. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates U.S. offshore wind can have more than 4,200 gigawatts of capacity. For comparison, the Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant produces up to 1.79 gigawatts (1,790 megawatts). The…
Q&A with MDE Secretary McIlwain, Celebrating Women’s History Month
By Sabrina Bachman |
Secretary Serena McIlwain, from the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), shares her thoughts on the role women have in shaping the future of Maryland’s clean energy economy. View Sec. McIlwain’s Interview as PDF What does Women’s History Month mean to you and/or MDE? What I have found in my 10 plus years in the…
Morgan State University (MSU) Master Services Agreement Moves the Campus Closer to Sustainability Goals
By Sabrina Bachman |
MCEC offers strategic procurement and technical services to public and private sector clients seeking to develop, build, finance, own, and operate clean energy and energy efficiency systems, infrastructure, and technologies. Through a novel partnership agreement, MCEC is providing procurement, project management, and technical assistance to Morgan State University (MSU), to assist the institution with meeting…
Wood Energy Educational Site Visits in New Hampshire
By Maura Ross |
MCEC recently hosted an educational site visit to showcase thermal wood energy, in partnership with the Rural Maryland Council MAERDAF grant, the U.S. Forest Service, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Alliance for Green Heat. The trip to New Hampshire featured tours at various facilities, including greenhouses, public schools, state government buildings, manufacturing…
Solar Workforce Development is Having Its Moment in the Sun!
By MCEC |
Guest Article Submitted by Solar Landscape Successful workforce development programs benefit underserved communities when they provide trainees a pathway to family-sustaining careers. Recently, Solar Landscape’s Kevin Dunshee spoke at the Maryland Clean Energy Center’s 2023 Legislative Reception. “The only thing worse than no training at all, is training that does not provide a pathway to…
2023 Legislative Reception Put Workforce Development and Climate Justice in the Foreground
By Rylee Kennedy |
Last month, The Maryland Clean Energy Center (MCEC) hosted the 2023 Legislative Reception: People Power for Decarbonization, in a hybrid format. The program brought together clean energy and economic development professionals, regulators, legislators, and community leaders focused on strategies for implementation to achieve Maryland’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals. MCEC also announced the release of…
Washington County Picks up the PACE for Commercial and Industrial Properties
By Sabrina Bachman |
County Council Passes Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE) The Washington County Board of County Commissioners has unanimously approved the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) ordinance to join the statewide C-PACE program. Passage of the ordinance makes the county eligible to participate in the Maryland Commercial PACE (MDPACE) program, administered by the Maryland…
Maryland Builds Leading Role in Energy Innovation
By MCEC |
From the world’s highest density solid oxide fuel cell to anerobic digestors that produce biofuels to advances in wind turbine blades, air conditioning systems, catalyst materials, battery electrodes and super carbon sequestration technologies, Maryland is the site of numerous, varied and potentially game-changing innovations in energy systems. A report this fall by the National Academy…
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