Carnegie Mellon University will make the largest single retail purchase of wind energy in the United States through an agreement announced by Carnegie Mellon, Community Energy, Inc., and Environmental Defense.
Carnegie Mellon will buy five percent of its total electricity next year from new wind power generated in western Pennsylvania. The purchase of wind-generated electricity, equivalent to the energy required by nearly 650 homes per year, is part of Carnegie Mellon’s commitment to cleaner energy and the environment.
Carnegie Mellon’s wind energy will be generated by 1.5-megawatt wind turbines to be installed this fall at the Exelon-Community Energy Wind Farm, under construction in Fayette County, about forty miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The Mill Run project, consisting of ten 1.5-megawatt turbines, is the largest wind farm announced in the eastern United States to date.
For more information, contact Chriss Swaney at Carnegie Mellon (412/268-2900), Laury Saligman at Community Energy (415/519-0616), or Natalie Patasaw at Environmental Defense (917/847-5054).
