The EPA announced the start of the Green Power Partnership, a voluntary program aimed at boosting the market for power alternatives that reduce the environmental and health risks of conventional electricity generation. The founding partners include 20 Fortune 500 companies, cities, universities, and others.
The Founding Partners are making a commitment to procure more than 280,000 megawatt-hours of Green Power over the next year. This commitment will prevent 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide, the major global warming gas, from being emitted into the atmosphere. In return, EPA provides technical assistance and public recognition.
Green power is electricity generated by renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, water (hydro), geothermal, biomass (combustion of organic materials), and biogas (combustion of naturally-produced methane). For further technical information on the Green Power Partnership, contact Kurt Johnson in EPA’s Office of Atmospheric Programs at 202/564-3481.
