State Clean Energy Center To Be In Rockville
Apr 1, 2009 14:39 - 2 Comments
According to many sources, the state of Maryland has chosen Rockville, Our Fair City, to be the home of the new >Maryland Clean Energy Center.
The office, whose mission is to keep the Free State at the forefront of clean and renewable energy research, will be housed at the Universities at Shady Grove. (Well, that’s just outside our coverage area, but still.)
This from the Maryland Daily Record:
The Maryland Clean Energy Center will foster development of green technologies statewide, including at an industrial park near Annapolis, a demonstration site in Frederick and an incubator in Baltimore, President Kenneth M. Connolly said.
A five-member staff, assisted by student interns and volunteers, will be based at the Camille Kendall Academic Center at the University System of Maryland’s Shady Grove campus just outside Washington.
This is big news, as it further solidifies our reputation at the forefront of tech. All up and down the I-270 corridor, we’ve got tons of biotech, clean energy, engineering, and other foreward-looking startups. We’ve got the human genome covered and . . . we’ve even got a big-deal gaming company.
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Great news but a little disappointing it’s just a five member staff. I could use just one of those 100,000 green jobs.
Ironic that the Clean Energy Center won’t be transit accessable. It should actually be in Rockville, walking distance to Metro.