The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) have awarded the 2006 Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers.
EPA and DOE presented awards for green power purchasing to 22 organizations that have demonstrated leadership by voluntarily purchasing green power or creating innovative supply options for consumers. CRS presented six awards to organizations and individuals that have shown outstanding leadership in building and shaping the market for renewable energy.
Purchaser Awards – the highest honors went to:
Partner of the Year
— Aspen Skiing Company
— HSBC-North America
— Johnson & Johnson
— Starbucks
— Whole Foods Market
On Site Generation:
— Chena Hot Springs Resort
— San Diego Unified School District
— County of Butte Government Center (Calif.)
Green Power Purchase:
— Coldwater Creek
— Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
— IBM
— PrAna
— Staples, Inc.
— Stonyfield Farm
— The Holland, Inc.
— The Tower Companies
— Vail Resorts
— WhiteWave Foods Company
Suppliers – The highest honors went to:
— New Green Power Program: Silicon Valley Power, City of Santa Clara, Calif.
— Renewable Energy Technology Supplier: Community Energy
— Green Power Program of the Year: Portland General Electric (PGE)
— Green Power Program of the Year
Honorable Mention: We Energies
Market Development – The highest honors went to:
— Green Power Pioneer Award: Jim Burke of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in northern California and Brent Alderfer & Eric Blank of Community Energy
— Green Power Beacon Award: We Energies – Energy for Tomorrow Program; Whole Foods Market and Renewable Choice Energy
— Green Power Pilot Award: Smart Power and the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund; honorable mention to: Energy for Keeps
According to a new report released this week by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, at the end of 2005, more than 2,000 megawatts (MW) of new renewables capacity was being used to supply green power markets. This represents a 10-fold increase from the year 2000.
The U.S. EPA this week announced the Fortune 500 Green Power Challenge. The goal of EPA’s 13-month campaign is to roughly double the existing green power purchases among Fortune 500 Green Power Partners in order to exceed 5 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of green power purchasing annually.
The Challenge concludes at the end of December 2007 and will focus on the collective green power purchases of participating Fortune 500 companies. All Fortune 500 companies must meet or exceed EPA’s standard Partnership requirements to participate. EPA will track the progress of all participating Fortune 500 companies toward the overall goal. http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/fortune500.htm.
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