Business View Magazine
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Energy
Octob r – Business View
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inviting partners to increase the amount of energy they
produce and use from on-site renewables by the end
of the decade.
Green power is a subset of renewable energy and
represents the renewable energy resources and
technologies that provide the highest environmental
benefit. EPA defines green power as electricity
produced from solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, eligible
biomass, and low-impact small hydroelectric sources.
More than 1,200 organizations are purchasing more
than 28 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually,
avoiding carbon pollution equal to that created by
the electricity use of more than 2.4 million American
homes.
Top 5 Green Power Users• Nationwide
Annual Green
Power Usage (kWh)
GP % of Total
Electricity
Use*
Organization
Type
Providers
(listed in descending
order by kWh supplied
to Partner)
Green Power
Resources
1. Intel Corp.
3,102,050,000
100% Technology &
Telecom
Sterling Planet°,
PNM, On-site
Generation
Biogas, Biomass,
Small-hydro, Solar,
Wind
2. Kohl’s Dept. Stores
1,536,529,000
105%
Retail
Nexant°,
Sterling Planet°,
Renewable
Choice Energy°,
3Degrees°, On-
site Generation
Solar
3. Microsoft Corp.
1,363,216,892
50% Technology &
Telecom
Sterling Planet°,
On-site
Generation
Biogas, Biomass,
Solar, Wind
4. Whole Foods Market
800,257,623
107%
Retail
3Degrees°, On-
site Generation
Solar, Wind
5. Google Inc.
737,364,727
32% Technology &
Telecom
NextEra Energy
Resources°, On-
site Generation,
Grand River Dam
Authority°
Biogas, Solar,
Wind
*Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green power in an
amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are listed as such.
°Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. For more information on third-party certification,
visit
