Top 10 College and University Partners
More and more colleges and universities are procuring green power to meet their electricity needs. Purchasing green power is a flexible and effective strategy for schools pursuing “greening the campus” initiatives or seeking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with their operations.
The ten schools listed below are the Green Power Partners with the largest completed green power purchases in the higher education sector. Their actions are helping drive the development of new renewable electricity generation. The combined green power purchases of these Top 10 Partners equals nearly 634 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually, which is equivalent to the electricity needed to power an estimated 51,000 average American homes annually.
This list is current as of January 8, 2007 and will be updated quarterly. The next update, scheduled for April 2007, will reflect information received from Partners by April 9, 2007.
Current and past Top Partner lists.
Green Power
Usage
(kWh) |
% of
Total
Electricity |
Resources |
Provider |
Athletic Conference |
| 1. New York University |
| 118,616,000 |
100% |
Wind |
Community Energy |
University Athletic Association |
| 2. University of Pennsylvania |
| 112,000,000 |
29% |
Wind |
Community Energy |
Ivy League |
| 3. Pennsylvania State University |
| 83,600,000 |
20% |
Biomass, Small-hydro, Wind |
3 Phases Energy, Community Energy, Sterling Planet |
Big 10 |
| 4. California State University System |
| 78,333,573 |
11% |
Biomass, Geothermal, Solar, Wind |
APS Energy Services |
Numerous |
| 5. Duke University |
| 54,075,000 |
31% |
Small-hydro, Wind |
Sterling Planet, Unknown |
Atlantic Coast Conference |
| 6. University of California, Santa Cruz |
| 50,000,000 |
100% |
Biogas, Biomass, Wind |
Sterling Planet |
Association of Division III Independents |
| 7. Northwestern University |
| 40,000,000 |
20% |
Wind |
3 Phases Energy |
Big 10 |
| 8. Western Washington University |
| 38,008,000 |
100% |
Wind |
Puget Sound Energy |
Great Northwest Athletic Conference |
| 9. University of Utah |
| 33,333,000 |
13% |
Wind |
Sterling Planet |
Mountain West |
| 10. University of Central Oklahoma |
| 26,000,000 |
100% |
Wind |
Edmond Electric |
Lone Star Conference |
Current and past Top 10 College and University Partners lists are available here for you to view and print:
January 2007 list (PDF, 2 pp., 32 KB, About PDF)
September 2006 list (PDF, 2 pp., 32 KB)
July 2006 list (PDF, 1 pp., 32 KB)
March 2006 list (PDF, 2 pp., 122 KB)
January 2006 list (PDF, 1 p., 156 KB)
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