Neenah Paper is buying more than 10 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy, making the company one of the largest purchasers of green power in its industry, the company said.

Neenah is the largest green power buyer in Wisconsin, where the company´s mills are located. Neenah buys 12 percent of the company´s total energy needs at its fine paper manufacturing operations.

The green power purchase also allows the company to become members in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency´s Green Power Partnership.

Neenah renewable energy comes from sources including wind, solar, low-impact hydro and biomass, the company said.

"It is Neenah Paper´s great honor to be recognized as a major purchaser of green power in the paper industry and as the top purchaser of green power in the entire state of Wisconsin, a state that is nationally renowned for its significant environmental strides," said Bill O´Connor, president of the company´s paper group.

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