EPA: Microsoft is a Leading Green Energy Purchaser

For the second consecutive year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Microsoft to its Green Power Partnership Top 50 List—and this year our ranking increased to second on the Top 50 List.

According to the EPA, Microsoft is purchasing nearly 1.9 billion kWh of green power, which is enough energy to meet 80 percent of Microsoft’s electricity use in the U.S. That’s an increase of nearly 70 percent from last year, when Microsoft used 1.1 billion kWh of green energy. Our annual purchase of green power is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions of nearly 285,000 passenger vehicles per year or the CO₂ emissions from the electricity use of more than 204,000 average American homes annually.

Head on over to the Microsoft Green Blog to get the rest of this story.

Jeff Meisner
Microsoft News Center Staff