Intel Corp. is the top green power purchaser on the federal Environmental Protection Agency's top 50 green power list, which also includes three financial services firms.
Intel, the nation's largest single purchaser of green power with purchases of more than 1.3 billion kWh of green power per year, took the top spot for the second year in a row, the EPA says.
Financial services firms on the list include HSBC North America, No. 12; Wells Fargo, No. 21; and ING, No. 45. Overall, EPA partners with more than 1,000 organizations that are buying more than 16 billion kWh of green power annually.
The top 20 firms on the list and their sources of green power include:
1. Intel Corp.: wind
2. PepsiCo: various
3. Kohl's Department Stores: biogas, biomass, small hydro, solar, wind
4. Dell Inc.: biogas, solar, wind
5. Whole Foods Market: solar, wind
6. The Pepsi Bottling Group: various
7. Johnson & Johnson: biomass, small hydro, solar, wind
8. U.S. Air Force: biogas, biomass, solar
9. Cisco Systems Inc.: wind
10. City of Houston: wind
11. City of Dallas: wind
12. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (tie with HSBC): wind
12. HSBC North America: wind
14. U.S. EPA: biogas, biomass, geothermal, wind
15. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in California and Texas: solar, wind
16. Kimberly-Clark Corp.: biomass
17. City of Chicago: biomass, wind
18. Starbucks, wind
19. University of Pennsylvania, wind
20. DuPont Co.: biomass, solar and wind
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