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WRI Announces Green Power Purchases by Major Corporations
WRI Announces Green Power Purchases by Major Corporations
Published 12-03-04
Submitted by World Resources Institute
WHAT:
World Resources Institute (WRI) and members of its Green Power Market Development Group will announce 62 megawatts (MW) of new renewable energy purchases and projects in 2004.
WHEN:
Tuesday, December 7, 2004, 9 a.m., during the American Council on Renewable Energy's "Renewable Energy in America: The Call for Phase II" summit
WHERE:
Cannon Caucus Room, Room 345, Cannon House Office Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
WHO:
Members of the Green Power Market Development Group are:
WHY:
Large purchases by these well-known Fortune 500 companies signal that renewable energy is coming into the mainstream.
These companies are diversifying their energy purchases in order to avoid high natural gas prices, stabilize their electricity rates, and reduce their emissions of greenhouse gases.
The 62 MW - enough to power 46,000 homes - represent purchases made in the past year at more than 80 facilities throughout the United States and consist of 39 MW of renewable energy certificates, 21 MW of landfill gas, and 2 MW of wind and solar.
Journalists are welcome to attend. Please contact Dale Didion at Didion Communications, 202-544-5430, to arrange for a press pass.
More information on WRI's Green Power Market Development Group is available at www.thegreenpowergroup.org.
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