• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Maryland Community Solar

Maryland Community Solar

Clean, Renewable Energy for Everyone

  • Home
  • FAQs
  • In the News
  • Careers

IndustryNews

Restaurant

February 11, 2021 by Maryland Community Solar Leave a Comment

As a proud supporter of Maryland’s restaurant and food services industries, our goal is to help businesses save money, and engage with environmentally conscious customers through community solar programs.

Community solar offers some valuable benefits to businesses in Maryland’s restaurant and food service industries.

  • Cost Savings: 10% off total electric bill
  • Average Savings: $3,000 – $5,000 per year
  • Upfront Costs: $0
  • Savings Guarantee: 20 years
  • Energy Source: Maryland-based solar farms
  • Energy Type: 100% renewable

Community Solar Supporters in the Food & Beverage Industry

Blyth & Burrows

Carl’s Meat Market

Commercial Street Pub

Cowbell Scarborough

Dunstan Tap & Table

Dyer’s Variety

Ferry Village Market

Foreside Grill & Side Bar

Frank’s Restaurant and Pub

Happy Days Diner

Golden Harvest Market and Produce

Gorham House of Pizza

Gross Confections

Knitting Nook

Montes Fine Foods

Nadeau’s Deli and Variety

Napolitano Foods Inc Nothing Bundt Cakes

Nosh

Nothing Bundt Cakes

Oriental Jade

Rivalries (Portland & Falmouth locations)

Riverside House of Pizza

Rock City Coffee

Rwanda Bean Co.

Slab

Via Vecchia

Waves

White Cap Coffee

Here are several resources about energy savings and sustainability for restaurants.

Energy Star – Restaurant Guide

Reducing Restaurant Expenses with Energy-Efficiency

Restaurants – Opportunities for Energy Efficiency

How Restaurant Owners Can Reduce Their Energy Costs

Please download our fact sheet about community solar for Maryland restaurants.

Restaurant Fact SheetDownload

Complete the form below to request more information about community solar for your business.

Filed Under: Home Page, IndustryNews

Cannabis

February 11, 2021 by Maryland Community Solar

As a proud supporter of Maryland’s medicinal and adult use cannabis industries, our goal is to help businesses save money, and engage with environmentally conscious customers through community solar programs.

Community solar offers some valuable benefits to Maryland cannabis companies.

  • Cost Savings: 10% off total electric bill
  • Average Savings: $5,000 – $15,000 per year
  • Upfront Costs: $0
  • Savings Guarantee: 20 years
  • Energy Source: Maryland-based solar farms
  • Energy Type: 100% renewable

Community Solar Supporters in the Cannabis Industry

Addition Farm

Black Tie Cannabis

Casco Bay Cannabis

Clean Water Cultivation

Crystal Spring Healing Alt.

The Dinsmore Group

Forest Society of Maryland

Frost Factory

Green Truck Farm

Grow Home Inc

Northern Belle Holistic

Oileaf LLC

Ossipee Trail Garden Center

Plowshares Community Farm

Positive Growth Gardens

Port City Relief

Potluck Joint Relief

RT Farms Enterprises

Top Crop Consulting

Here are several resources about energy savings and sustainability for cannabis companies.

Going Green for “Green” – Solar and the cannabis industry

Off-grid: how soaring cannabis markets are forcing an energy rethink

Maryland cannabis companies now qualify for energy efficient grants

Did you know marijuana is Americas most energy-intensive crop?

Please download our fact sheet about community solar for Maryland cannabis companies.

Cannabis Fact SheetDownload

Complete the form below to request more information about community solar for your business.

Filed Under: Home Page, IndustryNews

Brewers

February 11, 2021 by Maryland Community Solar

As a proud Allied Member of the Maryland Brewer’s Guild, our goal is to help Craft Brewers save money, and engage with environmentally conscious customers through community solar programs.

Community solar offers some valuable benefits for Maryland Brewers:

  • Cost Savings: 10% off total electric bill
  • Average Savings: $2,000 – $6,000 per year
  • Upfront Costs: $0
  • Savings Guarantee: 20 years
  • Energy Source: Maryland-based solar farms
  • Energy Type: 100% renewable

Community Solar Supporters in the Brewing Industry

Bissell Brothers Brewing Co.

Bissell Brothers 3 Rivers

Birchwood Brewing

Foulmouthed Brewery

Foundation Brewing Company

Island Dog Brewing

Mast Landing Brewing

Orono Brewing

Trinken Brewing

Urban Farm Fermentary

Here are several resources about energy savings and sustainability for brewers.

Brewery of the Future

Brewing Energy Efficiency in the Beer Industry

Tennessee Valley Authority – Craft Breweries Energy Savings

Consumers willing to pay more for sustainably brewed beer

Please download our information sheet about community solar for Maryland’s Craft Brewers.

Craft-Brewery-Fact-SheetDownload

Complete the form below to request more information about community solar for your business.

Filed Under: Home Page, IndustryNews

Why is community solar growing in Maryland?

February 3, 2021 by Maryland Community Solar

The community solar concept is gaining traction in Maryland but you may be surprised to know the pilot program has been around since 2017. Right now it’s growing fast in terms of interest, education and projected capacity. This rapid growth is fueled in part by the benefits community solar programs offer consumers and businesses – you can save money and support renewable energy all without the barriers to entry traditionally associated with solar energy.

Maryland passed legislation in 2017 to encourage the development of community solar and other small renewable energy facilities to support the transition to a more sustainable economy and future.

A key portion of this legislation provided for Shared Net Energy Billing.  This allows you to benefit from the renewable energy produced on a community solar farm. You keep your current electric utility and start seeing a credit on your monthly bill from your community solar project. The ease of enrollment and transparency makes it appealing to many consumers and businesses.

Filed Under: IndustryNews, Solar Stories

How it Works

February 3, 2021 by Maryland Community Solar

It starts with a community solar project that is developed in your area. Developers seek out customers like you that value clean energy and the cost savings it can provide. During the enrollment process, the developer will look at your average energy usage over the past 12 months and allocate enough kilowatts to offset up to 100% of your monthly electric bill.

The energy produced by the community solar farm is delivered to the electricity grid, and the solar credits you’ve earned through your subscription are deducted from your monthly utility bill. The developer of your community solar farm bills you separately for your subscription, generally at a discount of up to 10-15% in Maryland.

In the end, community solar works because of consumers like you who support clean power. By subscribing to shares in a community solar project, you make it sustainable. Your participation makes a real difference for the planet, for your electricity costs., for the development of green energy and benefit your community.

Filed Under: IndustryNews, Solar Stories

What is Community Solar?

February 2, 2021 by Tony Napolitano

Community solar provides the benefits of renewable energy without the upfront costs.

Community solar is a program for the community! Instead of the solar farm creating revenue by selling the energy to the utility, consumers and businesses buy the energy through a subscription. People subscribe to the energy created in the solar farm that offsets the power they use. The utility recognizes each subscriber as providing clean power to the grid and the subscriber receives credits that, in many cases, zero out the existing utility bill.

Subscribers pay the community solar company for the electricity produced by their subscription at a cheaper rate than the credit. The net of both electricity bills is less than a bill without solar credits.

    • Save 10-15% on your electric bill  
    • No upfront costs
    • Lower your carbon footprint
    • Support your local economy and green energy jobs
    • Differentiate your business by using 100% renewable electricity
    • Support Maryland-based renewable energy

Filed Under: IndustryNews, Solar Stories

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2

Primary Sidebar

Footer

Contact us

(410) 368-0191

info@mdcommunitysolar.org

Maryland Community Solar is created by Roundhouse Media with the goal of educating Maryland consumers and business owners about the benefits of community solar then enroll them in the appropriate program.

Copyright © 2023 · Maryland Community Solar. All Rights Reserved · Log in