EPA Recognizes Top Green Power Purchasers
Release date: 11/01/2010
Contact Information: Stacy Kika
Kika.stacy@epa.gov 202-564-0906 202-564-4355 Cathy Milbourn
Milbourn.cathy@epa.gov 202-564-7849 202-564-4355
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
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