EPA recognizes top Green power purchasers.November 4, 2010 -
U.S. EPA is releasing list of top 50 organizations using most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnership's top purchasers use more than 12 billion kWh of green power annually, which is generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, and low-impact hydropower. Intel Corporation tops list as largest single purchaser of green power, using more than 1.4 billion kWh annually, while Kohl's Department Stores and Whole Foods Market came in second and third.
EPA Recognizes Top Green Power Purchasers |
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Ariel Rios Building
Washington, DC, 20460
USA
Press release date: November 1, 2010
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing its list of the top 50 organizations using the most renewable electricity. The Green Power Partnership's top purchasers use more than 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually, equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the electricity use of more than 1 million average American homes. Green power is generated from renewable resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, and low-impact hydropower.
The Intel Corporation tops the list as the Partnership's largest single purchaser of green power and was recently honored with a 2010 EPA Green Power Leadership Award for green power purchasing. The company uses more than 1.4 billion kWh annually, equivalent to avoiding the CO2 emissions from the electricity use of nearly 125,000 average American homes. Both Kohl's Department Stores and Whole Foods Market received the 2010 EPA Green Power Partner of the Year Awards, and came in as second and third this quarter in purchasing green power. Reaching the top five for the first time, Starbucks (No. 4) more than doubled its annual green power purchase to more than 573 million kWh of green power equivalent to avoiding the CO2 emissions from the electricity use of nearly 50,000 average American homes annually. Also in the top five is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which increased its green power purchase to 500 million kWh of green power annually. Rounding out the top 10 are the City of Houston, Dell Inc., Johnson & Johnson, the U.S. Air Force, and the City of Dallas.
EPA's Green Power Partnership works with nearly 1,300 partner organizations to voluntarily purchase green power to reduce the environmental impacts of conventional electricity use. Overall, EPA's Green Power Partners are using nearly 18 billion kWh of green power annually, equivalent to avoiding the CO2 emissions from the electricity use of more than 1.5 million average American homes.
Green power resources produce electricity with an environmental profile superior to conventional power technologies and produce no net increase to greenhouse gas emissions. Purchases of green power also help accelerate the development of new renewable energy capacity nationwide.
More information on the top 50 list: http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/toplists/top50.htm
More information on EPA's Green Power Partnership: http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/
CONTACTS:
Stacy Kika
Kika.stacy@epa.gov
202-564-0906
202-564-4355
Cathy Milbourn
Milbourn.cathy@epa.gov
202-564-7849
202-564-4355
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