The top 25 green power purchasers are buying enough energy to run more than 150,000 homes a year, according to EPA. The top-25 list includes a diverse set of companies and organizations that have voluntarily bought the most renewable energy and are part of EPA’s Green Power Partnership. Together, the top 25 are purchasing more than 1.6 million MWh (megawatt hours) of green power annually.
Green power is electricity from environmentally-preferable renewable resources such as solar, wind, or geothermal power. Green power currently accounts for about two percent of America’s electricity supply, but voluntary purchasing of renewable energy is accelerating renewable energy development.
The U.S. Air Force leads the green power list, purchasing more than 321,000 MWh annually for Air Force bases across the country. Second on the list, Johnson & Johnson, bought more than 241,000 MWh of renewable energy in 2004.
EPA and the World Bank rank third and fourth on the list.
The complete list of Top 25 EPA Green Power Partners is as follows, listed in order of purchase size:
1. U.S. Air Force 2. Johnson & Johnson 3. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4. The World Bank 5. U.S. General Services Administration/Region 2 6. Whole Foods Market 7. City of San Diego, Calif. 8. New Jersey Consolidated Energy Savings Program 9. WhiteWave Foods 10. Austin (Texas) Independent School District 11. Staples 12. University of Pennsylvania 13. Montgomery County, Md. 14. Advanced Micro Devices/Austin, Texas 15. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania 16. FedEx Kinko’s 17. East Bay Municipal Utility District/Main Wastewater Plant 18. BMW Manufacturing Co. / Greer, S.C. Facilities 19. City of Santa Monica, Calif. 20. U.S. Navy / Region South 21. Harvard University 22. Round Rock (Texas) Independent School District 23. City of Portland, Ore. 24. Pennsylvania State University 25. U.S. Department of Energy/Forrestal & Germantown Facilities
The Green Power Partnership is an EPA voluntary program working to standardize green power procurement as part of best practice environmental management. Partners in the program pledge to switch to green power for a portion of their electricity needs in return for EPA technical assistance and recognition. The Green Power Partnership currently includes more than 550 Partners, including Fortune 500 companies, states, federal agencies, trade associations and universities.
EPA updates the list of green power purchasers quarterly.
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