Microsoft ensures that its corporate investments in renewable energy drive benefits to under-resourced communities. These are connected to company commitments to be carbon negative by 2030.
Annually, Microsoft uses more than six billion kilowatt-hours of green power in the United States, equivalent to nearly 628,000 homes' annual electricity use. Since 2014, Microsoft has used 100 percent renewable green power in the United States. This is Microsoft's eighth EPA Green Power Leadership Award. These efforts help ensure that the economic and environmental benefits of clean energy are available to all local residents.ĮPA is recognizing Microsoft Corporation with a Green Power Leadership Award for its commitment to green power use, dedication to under-resourced and underserved communities, and electrification.
The county also partners with various community organizations and housing providers to include solar installations at affordable housing projects. It also maintains several recognition programs including a Climate Champions program and a Clean Energy map to showcase and celebrate local accomplishments, using positive reinforcement to spur more green power adoption and enabling entities to learn from each other.ĭane County is notable for funding a countywide expansion of the MadiSUN Backyard Solar Grant program to target diverse, low-income residents and neighborhoods. The county facilitates cross-community collaboration to enable 75+ local governments and school districts to adopt an increased amount of green power at a faster rate. Dane County ensures that renewable energy certificates (RECs) substantiate its green power use, a key consumer best practice, and market principle.ĭane County also actively supports green power use by local municipalities and school districts. The county sources green power through various supply options, including via an innovative nine megawatt solar energy project between Dane County and the local utility at the Dane County Airport. The university has influenced 18 institutions, corporations, and municipalities to pursue similar renewable energy projects through these efforts.ĮPA is recognizing Dane County, Wisconsin, with a Green Power Leadership Award for its use of green power, creative collaboration, and commitment to expanding access to green power to diverse, historically underserved, rural, and urban communities.ĭane County currently uses green power for 45 percent of its operational electricity use, using more than 20 million kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Locally, through numerous workshops and presentations, Boston University has made a significant effort to spread its knowledge to other organizations. VPPAs are not common in the higher education sector, and Boston University actively communicates and provides information about this procurement option to educate peer organizations. Given its dense, urban setting, Boston University did not have the option for large-scale, on site renewables, so the school opted for a VPPA and decided to optimize emission reductions by engaging with a project located in a carbon intensive grid region.īoston University has also demonstrated leadership by communicating lessons learned from its own green power investment. The agreement is the largest single active VPPA by any of the 126 colleges and universities in EPA's Green Power Partnership. In late 2020, Boston University began procuring wind power through a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) that is designed to provide the school with 205 million kilowatt-hours annually, equivalent to more than 19,000 homes' electricity use for one year. U.S.EPA is recognizing Boston University with a Green Power Leadership Award for its exemplary use of green power, including project placement to optimize emission reductions, its leadership in the sector of higher education and locally in Boston, and its community engagement. Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water Massachussets Division of Ecological RestorationĮcological Restoration Partnership Specialist
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