The Maryland Energy Administration recently launched a program to help expand solar on commercial buildings in underserved areas.
The Maryland Energy Administration last week announced the opening of the new Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Commercial Solar Grant Program, which offers major incentives to Maryland businesses and organizations to help pay the costs of solar energy systems that benefit Maryland’s low-to-moderate income, overburdened and underserved communities.
The FY25 Commercial Solar Program has a budget of $5 million. Enhanced incentives are available for installing solar photovoltaic systems by nonprofit organizations, Small Business Enterprises, Minority Business Enterprises, Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, Airport Concessions Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, and Veteran- and Disabled Veteran-owned businesses.
Grants are also available for businesses and other organizations with substantial energy needs that can benefit from larger-scale solar installations that reduce their energy costs and improve the sustainability of their operations.
Helping Maryland’s communities and the organizations that serve them become more sustainable is vital to helping meet our clean energy and greenhouse gas reduction goals and to help ensure that no Marylander is left behind in the process. This is especially important for communities historically facing challenges and inequities that have left them largely disadvantaged.
The FY25 Commercial Solar Grant Program is a first-come, first-served program that will accept applications on a rolling basis through 3:00 PM ET, March 31, 2025, or until funding is exhausted.
