Eleven Maryland colleges and universities will receive grants totaling $10.17 million to cut greenhouse gas emissions on their campuses.
Projects funded by the grants include the installation of solar panels, the creation of clean energy master plans, workforce development programs, internships, and other efforts.
The Maryland Energy Administration expects projects on the grant recipients’ campuses will avert more than 2,700 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents per year – about as much as over 220,000 full smartphone charges or 15 rail cars full of coal each year, according to a news release.
“Awardees come from across the state and include community colleges, HBCUs, and both public and private institutions,” said Maryland Energy Administration Director Paul G. Pinsky in a statement. “Each awardee will install solar and create clean energy master plans and some also will receive supplemental funding for interns and training. So these grants will boost the state’s real clean energy output and give students hands-on opportunities to learn more about, and even begin working in, clean energy fields.”
The 11 education institutions and the grant amounts each will receive include:
- Allegany Community College: $414,300
- Community College of Baltimore County: $442,960
- Goucher College: $1,145,000
- Loyola University Maryland: $1,160,000
- Morgan State University: $1,315,000
- Notre Dame of Maryland University: $895,000
- Salisbury University: $900,000
- St. John’s College: $1,031,133
- University of Maryland, Baltimore: $566,480
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County: $1,235,000
- University of Maryland, College Park: $1,065,000
The grants are funded by the Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund, which helps lower Marylanders’ energy bills, reduce energy waste, create jobs, promote energy independence, and make energy more reliable and resilient.
Read more about the projects here.
