$2M for solar power in Maryland

$2M solar power plant coming to Millersville - Business - (HometownAnnapolis.com)

Constellation Energy will build its first Maryland solar power plant in Millersville, a $2 million project with the state that is designed to be a role model for others.

Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled the design for the project yesterday at the headquarters of the Maryland Environmental Service on Najoles Road.

Constellation will build 240 thin-film solar panels on the agency's 22,000-square-foot roof and 1,540 crystalline photovoltaic solar cells behind the building.

Together they are projected to produce 396,000 kilowatt hours per year, about half the electricity used by the environmental services facility.

"As human behavior has brought about climate change for the worse, human behavior can bring climate change for the better," Mr. O'Malley said.