Reducing the energy burden of Baltimore’s low-income households

Through a generous partnership with Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School (Henderson-Hopkins), an innovative K-8 public contract school located in East Baltimore, Maryland, the nonprofit Climate Access Fund is developing a community solar project, Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins, on the school’s rooftop to benefit low-income households in the area. The project expects to provide 175 qualified low-income households with discounted solar power, to offer paid apprenticeships and contracts to local residents and firms, and to partner with the school to educate students and their families about solar.

Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins will be an estimated 874 kW community solar array located on the rooftop of the Henderson-Hopkins School. The Climate Access Fund, a local nonprofit green bank, will develop and manage the Project, which aims to offset nearly 27,000 metric tons of CO2e over 35 years.