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The Green Power Network (GPN) provides news and information on green power markets and related activities. The site provides up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets.
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Western Climate Initiative Releases Comprehensive Program Design
The Western Climate Initiative released a comprehensive program design, which includes recommendations regarding voluntary purchases and the role of RECs. WCI has a goal to reduce 2005 GHG emissions by 15 percent by 2020. The WCI program design recommends that RECs have no compliance role in the WCI cap-and-trade program.
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Becker Underwood Purchases 7.9 Mil. kWh of Green Power
Becker Underwood purchased 7.9 million kWh of wind RECs, equivalent to 100 percent of its electricity use. The Green-e certified RECs were supplied by Renewable Choice Energy.
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Marin Energy Authority Purchases 25% Green Power
Marin Energy Authority is purchasing more than 42 million kWh annually, enough to meet 25 percent of electricity use for its communities in Marin County. The purchase is of biogas, biomass, and wind through Shell Energy North America.
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Austin Energy Plans to Install Solar at Community Sites
Austin Energy will procure up to 2 MW of solar modules over a 3-year period, at a cost of $1.85/watt, and plans to install solar at buildings in its service territory. The panels are expected to generate 2.7 million kWh annually.
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Memorial Sloan-Kettering Purchases 100% Wind for Research Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Zuckerman Research Center purchased 31.5 million kWh of wind RECs, equivalent to 100 percent of the building's annual electricity use, through Green Mountain Energy.
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City of Dallas Purchases 40% Wind Product; Saves Money
The City of Dallas signed a contact with TXU to purchase 2.2 billion kWh of power over three years, of which 40% will be from wind power generated in Texas.
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EPA Releases Top 50 Green Power Purchasers
EPA Green Power Partnership has released its latest list of top green power purchasers. Retaining their places at the top of the list were Intel, Kohl's, Whole Foods Market, City of Houston, and Dell.
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Santa Clara Top 'Green' Power Community in U.S.
The city of Santa Clara has secured the top spot in the EPA Green Power Communities rankings with more than 163 million kWh of the community's electricity usage coming from voluntary purchases of green power.
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Viridian Energy Offers Pure Green in PJM, Conn. Regions
Viridian Energy announced its Pure Green, a locally sourced 100% renewable electricity option available in Viridian's service territory, including PA, CT, NJ and MD, and will initially be offered at a discount to the local utility's generation rates.
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Google Signs 20-Year Contract for Output of Iowa Wind Farm
Google has purchased the total output of NextEra Energy Resources's 114-megawatt Story County II facility in Iowa through a 20 year power purchase agreement for $38.8 million.
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