 For release: April 21, 2014
Contact: Leah Hiniker, Property Services, 612-543-1219
Meg Knodl, Public Affairs, 612-348-3735
News release
Hennepin County will purchase clean, renewable wind energy to
offset electricity use for 75 county buildings on Earth Day, April 22. The
energy is purchased through Windsource, Xcel Energy’s voluntary green power
program.
The 151,600 kilowatt-hours of wind
energy purchased for Hennepin County facilities on Earth Day is equivalent to:
- The annual energy use
of over 18 Minnesota homes or
- One year of greenhouse
gas emissions from 23.5 passenger vehicles or
- 40.1 tons of waste
sent to the landfill.
Xcel Energy currently
has 20 wind farms dedicated or partially dedicated to Windsource, representing 64
wind turbines and nearly 90 megawatts of capacity. More than 33,000 residential
customers and 264 business customers in Minnesota participate in the Windsource
program.
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Look for more news on the Hennepin County website at www.hennepin.us/news.
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