On Oct. 27, 2016, Carroll County Government held a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a solar collector array on the campus of Carroll Community College. The array will be constructed on the east lawn of the campus, below the Great Hall rear exit and flanking Route 97.

The County will begin construction by the end of the year. The project will begin generating clean, green energy early in 2017. This is the first of three sites to house a solar array. In addition to Carroll Community College, the county will use a portion of the properties at the Hampstead Wastewater Treatment plant and the Hoods Mill Landfill for the additional solar arrays.

“I believe this is a great first step by the county to cut energy costs using solar power. We will save over half a million dollars a year of taxpayer money, and that’s at today’s rates,” said Carroll County Commissioner Dennis Frazier.

The planning process for the project involved meeting with various departments and bureaus, including Public Works, Planning, Zoning and Resource Management, to determine viable locations. Carroll Community College was selected as a site for the Solar Collector Array project partly because the site is large enough, allows for proper alignment of panels, and is accessible to interconnector sites.



County officials, corporate partners and college representatives joined together on October 27 for a ceremony to mark the start of the solar collector array project at the college. The solar collector array is to be located behind the Great Hall and will be visible from Route 97.

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