1. Renewables

    Renewable Developer, Local Church join hands on 2.5-MW Community Solar project in Maryland

    May 4, 2022
    Summit Ridge Energy and Cedar Ridge Community Church have completed a 2.5-MW community solar project in the county adjacent to Washington DC. The project was developed by TurningPoint Energy under the Maryland Community Solar Pilot Program
    Cedar Ridge Church Solar 6272e272534b9

    A Montgomery County congregation has turned its collective eyes upward in search of a clean energy future.

    Summit Ridge Energy and Cedar Ridge Community Church have completed a 2.5-MW community solar project in the county adjacent to Washington DC. The project was developed by TurningPoint Energy under the Maryland Community Solar Pilot Program.

    "As a community of hope we are delighted to devote 8 acres of our property to solar power," said Matthew Dyer, Lead Pastor at CRCC. "It's a practical and essential expression of our desire to play our part in creating a sustainable future for this beautiful planet we all love and depend upon.

    Summit Ridge Energy owns a market share of Maryland's projects under the Community Solar Pilot Program. Once completed, the portfolio will generate sufficient energy to supply power to approximately 12,500 local homes and businesses.

    Nearly a third of the projects will serve low-to-moderate income customers.

    TurningPoint Energy will have 40 MWdc projects operational by the end of 2023.

    About the Author

    EnergyTech Staff

    Rod Walton is senior editor for EnergyTech.com. He has spent 14 years covering the energy industry as a newspaper and trade journalist.

    Walton formerly was energy writer and business editor at the Tulsa World. Later, he spent six years covering the electricity power sector for Pennwell and Clarion Events. He joined Endeavor and EnergyTech in November 2021.

    He can be reached at [email protected]. 

    EnergyTech is focused on the mission critical and large-scale energy users and their sustainability and resiliency goals. These include the commercial and industrial sectors, as well as the military, universities, data centers and microgrids.

    Many large-scale energy users such as Fortune 500 companies, and mission-critical users such as military bases, universities, healthcare facilities, public safety and data centers, shifting their energy priorities to reach net-zero carbon goals within the coming decades. These include plans for renewable energy power purchase agreements, but also on-site resiliency projects such as microgrids, combined heat and power, rooftop solar, energy storage, digitalization and building efficiency upgrades.