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Business View Magazine
58 Business View – October
Energy
Tech Leads the Way in
Intel, Microsoft, Google and
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he U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s
Green Power Partnership’s updated list of top
100 organizations includes those choosing to
use electricity from sources like wind and solar power.
“By using green power, these companies and
organizations are showing that business can flourish
while taking meaningful steps to reduce carbon
pollution,” said Gina McCarthy, EPA administrator.
“Making cleaner choices to power our communities,
institutions and businesses reduces the pollution that
contributes to climate change, protects America’s health
and environment and supports continued growth in
the green power sector.”
Intel Corporation continued a seven-year run as the
nation’s largest voluntary user of green power, meeting
100 percent of its electricity load with renewable
resources. Other technology companies in the top 10
include Microsoft Corporation (No. 3), Google Inc.
(No. 5) and Apple Inc. (No. 8).
Apple increased its annual green power use by
nearly 100 million kilowatt-hours and moved from
No. 11 to No. 8. The combined green power usage
of the top 100 partners amounts to nearly 24 billion
kWh annually, close to 83 percent of the green power
commitments made by all EPA green power partners.
The list is calculated based on annual green power
usage (in kilowatt-hours) by green power partners.
Rounding out the top 10 are Kohl’s Department
Stores at No. 2, Whole Foods Market at No. 4, Wal-
Mart Stores Inc. at No. 6, Staples at No. 7, the city of
Houston, Texas at No. 9 and the U.S. Department of
Energy at No. 10.
For the eighth straight year, EPA is also encouraging
increased green power use among higher education
institutions through the College and University
Green Power Challenge. Out of the 33 competing
Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator.
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