Green power is electricity that is generated from resources such as solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, and low-impact hydro facilities. Conventional electricity generation, based on the combustion of fossil fuels, is the nation's single largest industrial source of air pollution. The increasing availability of green power enables electricity customers to accelerate installation of renewable energy technologies. As more green power sources are developed - displacing conventional generation - the overall environmental impacts associated with electricity generation will be significantly reduced.
Benefits of Green Power
Choosing green power offers a number of benefits to businesses and institutions, including:
Environmental stewardship - Many innovative organizations are establishing environmental commitments to make their operations and practices sustainable. Choosing green power is a simple step towards creating a more sustainable organization.
Public image - Green power can help improve an organization's public image by demonstrating environmental stewardship.
Customer loyalty - Demonstrating environmental stewardship through green power may help increase an organization's customer and investor loyalty.
Employee pride - Employees prefer to work for companies that give back to their communities and to the environment.
Power portfolio management - Because some green power sources have no fuel costs, green power can help protect your power portfolio from volatile prices of fossil-fuel-generated electricity.
Power reliability - On-site renewable generation can be a more reliable source of power than power distributed through the electric grid.