Buying Clean Energy
Buying Green Power: also see wind, solar, geothermal pages... |
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www.epa.gov |
Environmental Protection Agency's list of links to buying green power, publications and reports, rankings, certificates. |
apps3.eere.energy.gov |
The Green Power Network provides information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets. Operated and maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy. See: Can I Buy Green Power in My State? page. *** |
www.powerscorecard.org |
Power Scorecard lists the power choices you have in your area as well as ratings as to the environmental impacts of each power supplier. |
apps3.eere.energy.gov |
U.S. Dept of Energy. The Green Power Network- Green Power Marketing choices page. |
apps3.eere.energy.gov |
U.S. Dept of Energy. The Green Power Network- Green Pricing choices page. |
www.awea.org |
Green Pricing Resource Guide. How Do I Buy Green Power? Answers your questions- see also guide below. |
www.awea.org |
Green Pricing Resource Guide Funded by DOE for the American Wind Energy Association. This guide focuses on utility green pricing programs, although most of the insights apply or can be adapted to green power marketing in restructured markets, and to a much lesser extent to renewable energy certificates. The Guide is written for utilities as the primary audience. 2004. PDF. |
www.eia.doe.gov |
Energy Information Administration- Green Pricing and Net Metering Programs Overview- 2006 info- Released 2008. |
| Choose Your Power ! Power Scorecard lists the power choices you have in your area as well as ratings as to the environmental impacts of each power supplier. www.powerscorecard.org |
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| The average U.S. house consumes about 1000 W per hour. | |
| One kilowatt (kW) is one thousand watts. One megawatt (MW) is one million watts. Daily average home load varies greatly by region- from 2 to 4 kW. (Home loads average approximately 9,000-12,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year... about 800-1000 kWh per month.) Depending on capacity factors, roughly... 1 megawatt will power 500 to 800 homes. 100 megawatts will power 50,000 to 80,000 homes. 1000 MW equals 1 GW. 1 gigawatt will power approx 500,000 to 800,000 homes. One gigawatt (GW) is equal to one billion watts One terawatt (TW) is equal to one trillion watts. |
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