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United KingdomGoogle Drops Out of EPA Green Power Tech Rankings
Google Drops Out of EPA Green Power Tech Rankings
Submitted: The Two Sides Team November 28, 2012
Google, which ranked sixth in the EPAs inaugural rankings of the high-tech industrys biggest green power users, has dropped out of the Top 20. Intel, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Sprint and Dell retained the top five places on the Top 20 Tech & Telecom list, which the EPA debuted in July, while Samsung joins in 16th place. Combined, the partners featured on the Top 20 Tech & Telecom list use more than 5 billion kWh of green power annually.
October 23 2012
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Google, which ranked sixth in the EPAs inaugural rankings of the
high-tech industrys biggest green power users, has dropped out of the
Top 20.
Intel, Microsoft, Cisco Systems, Sprint and Dell retained the top five places on the Top 20 Tech & Telecom list, which the EPA debuted in July,
while Samsung joins in 16th place. Combined, the partners featured on
the Top 20 Tech & Telecom list use more than 5 billion kWh of green
power annually.
The District of Columbia was the biggest mover on the overall Top 50 Green Power Partnership list, jumping from no. 17 to no. 7, and taking the no. 1 spot in the Top 20 Local Government
rankings (it was no. 4 in the July rankings). It now uses enough wind
power to cover 100 percent of overall electricity use for the citys
facilities, according to EPA data.
Meanwhile Intel, Kohls and Microsoft maintain their no. 1, no. 2 and no. 3 rankings, respectively, on the overall list.
EPA also updated the rankings for the 2012-13 College and University Green Power Challenge,
which saw a few changes. The Northeast-10 Conference broke into the top
10 for the first time ranking no. 8 and purchasing 63,998,800 kWh of
green power thanks to Bentley Universitys 25 million kWh green power
purchase. The school bought wind power renewable energy certificates,
according to the EPA.
The Pac-12 (223,648,708 kWh) led by Oregon State, Big Ten
(214,854,873 kWh) led by Northwestern University and Ivy League
(200,194,600 kWh) led by the University of Pennsylvania took the top
three slots, respectively, for a second year in a row.
To be listed, a conference must have at least one Green Power Partner
and an aggregate green power purchase of at least 10,000,000 kWh across
the conference.
In addition, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville increased its
green power use and as a result, the Southeastern Conference (SEC)
joined the Challenge for the first time in the no. 23 spot, purchasing
22,040,000 kWh of green power.
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