The cities of Olympia and Lacey (Wash.) have joined together for the Flip the Switch campaign to recruit at least 1,011 residents for voluntary enrollment in Puget Sound Energy's Green Power Program by the end of 2011. If successful, Puget Sound …
The Green-e Energy Climate Standard is open for stakeholder comment on potential revisions through Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Potential revisions include changes in crediting and verification procedures as well as new project-specific criterion for …
Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power, announced it is now offering WindChoice , a voluntary green power program. Eligible customers can buy Oklahoma wind power for their homes or businesses. Under the program …
The City of Beaverton, Oregon, has launched Solar Beaverton , a program to help residents install solar on their homes. The City selected solar installer LiveLight Energy to provide fixed-rate contracts on solar installations around the city. Residents …
Datapipe , a provider of managed services and infrastructure for IT and cloud computing, has increased its green power purchases 6-fold from last year to nearly 56 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually, the equivalent of 100 percent of its total …
The Environmental Protection Agency's Emission and Generation Integrated Resource Database (eGRID) is now updated with 2007 data. The eGRID database provides emissions and emissions rates for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, methane, …
HKS, Inc. , an architectural design firm, has purchased enough green power to match 100 percent of the electricity used at its 110,000-square-foot Dallas headquarters. The purchase of 4.3 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy was through …
Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA), Colorado has established a Community Solar Array program after completing two solar arrays, with combined capacity of 20 kilowatts (kW). The Community Solar Array program is selling shares of these arrays to …
Colorado State University (CSU), located in Fort Collins, Colorado, has installed a 5.3 megawatt (MW) solar plant that is now producing electricity. The plant is owned and operated by Fotowatio Renewable Ventures and Xcel Energy is buying the renewable …
Bloom Energy , the maker of 100-kilowatt solid oxide fuel cells, will begin providing customers with the option to purchase the electricity generated from its Bloom Energy Server instead of paying the upfront costs to purchase and own the systems, …
Campbell Soup Company signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) and land lease agreement (LLA) with BNB Napoleon Solar LLC, a subsidiary of BNB Renewable Energy Holdings, to construct a 9.8 megawatt (MW) capacity solar PV system in Napoleon, Ohio. …
Intel Corporation has nearly doubled its annual green power purchase to more than 2.5 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh), maintaining its spot at the top of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership's Top 50 purchasers list . Kohl…
The Thousand Oaks (Calif.) City Council approved a three-year contract with 3 Phases Renewables to provide approximately 8.6 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind-generated energy for 16 of its largest energy accounts, including City Hall, the Civic Arts …
Jefferson County, Colorado's public school district installed the first six 100-kilowatt (kW) photovoltaic systems of a planned 3-megawatt (MW) solar project. The first projects were placed in service on Arvada West High School, Bear Creek High …
Green Mountain Energy Co. of Texas announced a two-year deal to supply 55 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of wind-generated electricity annually for the Empire State Building . The purchase also exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's …
WindMade introduced a new consumer product label at the World Future Energy Summit in January. The label is supported by the Global Wind Energy Council , WWF , the LEGO Group , the UN Global Compact , Vestas Wind Systems , PricewaterhouseCoopers , and …
Allegheny College switched its electricity supplier and is now purchasing wind power equivalent to 100 percent of its power use. Constellation Energy will provide electric service and Green-e certified renewable energy certificates at a price …
Austin Energy 's GreenChoice green pricing program is now Green-e Energy certified. GreenChoice provides wind from around the state of Texas and landfill gas from Austin and San Antonio. The Green-e Energy certification requires Austin Energy to …
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) lifted a suspension of its decision which authorized the use of unbundled tradable renewable energy credits (TRECs) to meet the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS). The CPUC originally …
Lundberg Family Farms (Richvale, CA) opened a new warehouse that supports a solar system expected to produce 500,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually. The company is already producing approximately 584,000 kWh of green power through solar panels located on …
