Mass. groups pledge to buy 20 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy
 
Jan. 30

Eight Massachusetts organizations have vowed to purchase 20 million kilowatt-hours of wind energy.

The Massachusetts Renewable Energy Purchasers group will buy the wind power from Community Energy Inc. The groupīs members include the University of Massachusetts in Lowell, Smith College, Sasaki Associates Inc., PerkinElmer Inc., the Oak Foundation, Mount Holyoke College, the John Merck Fund and Amherst College.

The agreement includes renewable energy certificates from New England wind farms as well as wind farms throughout the nation.

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