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. http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/index.shtml en-us green power green pricing green marketing REC Renewable Energy Certificates The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Green Power Partnership issued revised lists of its leading green power partners nationally. EPA’s Green Power Partnership works with more than 1,200 partner organizations that are collectively buying more than 18 billion kWh of green power annually.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1520Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Other World Computing has installed a Vestas V39-500 kW wind turbine. The turbine is projected to generate 1.25 million kWh/year, nearly double the current energy requirements of its operations.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1519Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Intel expanded its annual green power usage by 10 percent, from approximately 1.3 billion kWh to more than 1.43 billion kWh in 2010 and also plans to develop eight new solar installations, with a total capacity of approximately 2.5 MW.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1518Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 BNY Mellon announced that it will purchase 1.125 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of renewable energy certificates (RECs) from NextEra Energy Resources as part of a five-year investment in alternative energy. The purchase is estimated to be 225 million kWh annually, or equivalent to 75 percent of the company's projected U.S. electric utility use in 2010.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1517Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Beaulieu Commercial has contracted with TVA and Sterling Planet to purchase 9 million kWh of wind energy equal to 100% percent of the organization's purchased electricity use nationwide.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1515Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Staples unveiled the largest single rooftop solar power installation in Maryland at its 200,200 sq. ft. fulfillment center in Hanover. The 1.01 MW PV system will generate approximately 1.2 million kWh of electricity per year, and was financed, built and maintained under a PPA with SunEdison.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1514Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 The NRDC and the Alliance for Clean Energy New York announced Green Power NYC, a new website that allows NYC residents and small businesses to select four REC products from Sterling Planet and Community Energy.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1512Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0700 Gov. O'Malley announced that the state government and University System of Maryland have committed to 20-year power purchase agreements to buy 23% of electricity from four renewable energy projects.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1511Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The City of Lake Oswego, Oregon has been named a Green Power Community by the EPA for its high percentage of local renewable energy purchases.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1510Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Texas Power, an electric delivery service to the Dallas/Fort Worth area, announced Texas Power Pure, a 100% renewable energy product.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1509Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 REC Solar announced an agreement with the Department of Veterans Affairs to build 1.7 MW of solar power systems on federal facilities in California, Arizona and Nevada.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1508Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Mars Chocolate announced the completion of a 2.15 MW solar garden at its N.J. headquarters. The project is owned by PSEG Solar Source, which has contracted to sell the entire output to Mars and will retain ownership of the RECs.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1507Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Rutgers University opened a 1.4 megawatt solar farm that generates approximately 11 percent of the electricity demand on the Livingston campus.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1506Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Codero announced that it has purchased 12.6 million kWh of RECs from Ecoelectrons Renewable Energy.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1505Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Under the agreement with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, 1&1 Internet, Inc. announced that it has purchased enough renewable energy for 100% of its electricity use in its Lenexa, Kansas Data Center for the second year in a row.http://apps3.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/news/news_template.shtml?id=1504Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0700