In Parts I and II of this blog series we covered a brief summary of five common types of Green Energy.  In today’s blog we will be looking at 3 more of the major organizations working to help offer Green Energy to other companies.

Nexant– Beginning in 2000, Nexant has become a leader in the energy solutions industry with its “intelligent grid software” and multiple clean energy technologies.  Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Nexant was a pioneer in helping to develop and implement the very first energy efficiency certificate and is the leader in the “monetization of energy efficiency.”

Nexant works with businesses to help them achieve their energy goals be it reducing energy or in the case of this BLOG, to help them reduce carbon emissions and select technologies and processes that lead to greener solutions that fit into many companies culture shift of being more concerned about the environment.

Sterling Planet – Sterling Planet works with organizations, businesses and residential clients to bring them together with green energy supply and demand solutions to help them achieve energy solutions revolving around renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and low-carbon solutions.

Stering Planet’s mission statement of Reduce, Renew, Restore the carbon balance has resonated impressively across North America where their efforts have included 928 business clients, 43 colleges and univserities, 136 government agencies, and thousands of residents avoiding 25 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

Green Mountain Energy – Green Mountain Energy is a company offering traditional energy options, but is one that is 100% committed to offering its clients alternative energy options as well.  Green Mountain Energy services Oregon, Texas, new York and New Jersey, specializing in Solar, Wind and Hydro technologies in its “green” portfolio.

The company, which was founded in 1997, boasts that every single product they offer has an environmental benefit and that since their beginning they have helped removed carbon dioxide emissions the equivalent of what 478 million trees could absorb in one year or 11.3 billion pounds.

Green Mountain helps residents and businesses alike prepare green energy solutions and migrations that allow them to drastically reduce carbon emissions protecting them against future increases in traditional non-renewable energy that constantly loom on the horizon.

For more information about how you can partner with companies that are involved with partnering with companies like these for alternative Green Energy sources for your sourcing needs please contact a SafeSourcing customer service representative today.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

In Parts I and II of this blog series we covered a brief summary of five common types of Green Energy.? In today?s blog we will be looking at 3 more of the major organizations working to help offer Green Energy to other companies.

Nexant? Beginning in 2000, Nexant has become a leader in the energy solutions industry with its ?intelligent grid software? and multiple clean energy technologies.? Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Nexant was a pioneer in helping to develop and implement the very first energy efficiency certificate and is the leader in the ?monetization of energy efficiency.?

Nexant works with businesses to help them achieve their energy goals be it reducing energy or in the case of this BLOG, to help them reduce carbon emissions and select technologies and processes that lead to greener solutions that fit into many companies culture shift of being more concerned about the environment.

Sterling Planet ? Sterling Planet works with organizations, businesses and residential clients to bring them together with green energy supply and demand solutions to help them achieve energy solutions revolving around renewable sources of energy, energy efficiency and low-carbon solutions.

Stering Planet?s mission statement of Reduce, Renew, Restore the carbon balance has resonated impressively across North America where their efforts have included 928 business clients, 43 colleges and univserities, 136 government agencies, and thousands of residents avoiding 25 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

Green Mountain Energy ? Green Mountain Energy is a company offering traditional energy options, but is one that is 100% committed to offering its clients alternative energy options as well.? Green Mountain Energy services Oregon, Texas, new York and New Jersey, specializing in Solar, Wind and Hydro technologies in its ?green? portfolio.

The company, which was founded in 1997, boasts that every single product they offer has an environmental benefit and that since their beginning they have helped removed carbon dioxide emissions the equivalent of what 478 million trees could absorb in one year or 11.3 billion pounds.

Green Mountain helps residents and businesses alike prepare green energy solutions and migrations that allow them to drastically reduce carbon emissions protecting them against future increases in traditional non-renewable energy that constantly loom on the horizon.

For more information about how you can partner with companies that are involved with partnering with companies like these for alternative Green Energy sources for your sourcing needs please contact a SafeSourcing customer service representative today.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

In Parts I and II of this blog series we covered a brief summary of five common types of Green Energy.  In today’s blog we will be looking at 3 of the major organizations working to help offer Green Energy to other companies.

3degrees– This organization helps businesses locate and procure Green Energy and also consults with businesses on how they can leverage that energy to offset some of the carbon emissions that their businesses create during the course of operations. 

3degrees works with manufacturers of solar, wind, landfill gas, livestock biogas, geothermal, biomass, low-impact hydro and sustainable forestry energies to bring their products to businesses like Kohls, Whole Foods, Starbucks and Safeway to qualify for government certifications and incentives for environmentally conscious efforts.

WM Renewable Energy – Part of the Waste Management Solid Waste removal company, this division produces landfill gas (biogas) from its network of over 270 landfills that is equivalent enough electricity to power more than 400,00 homes.  In addition to this technology, the Renewable Energy Group offers expertise to other groups to create their own waste-to-energy projects with a goal of creating enough energy to power over 2 million homes by 2020.

Waste management’s Wheelabrator Technologies division has been a leader in safe solid waste to energy conversion since the early 1970s.  This division has been responsible for converting more than 170 million tons of municipal solid waste into energy that would be equivalent to 177 million barrels of oil.

Xcel Energy – This company, based in Minneapolis, MN provides energy to homes and businesses in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.  Along with traditional energy Xcel has programs that produce energy from wind, solar, and hyrdo power as well as biomass energy.

These types of renewable energy technologies allow Xcel to better fix the energy costs for their customers as other non-renewable energy prices fluctuate from month to month.  In 2010, the company produced 10% of their energy from renewable energy sources, doubling that amount that they were producing in 2007.  Xcel has been the #1 provider of Wind-generated energy by the American Wind Energy Association and were ranked 5th in the U.S. by the Solar Electric Power Association with plans to grow their production 500% by 2015.

For more information about how you can partner with companies that are involved with partnering with companies like these for alternative Green Energy sources for your sourcing needs please contact a SafeSourcing customer service representative today.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

In Parts I and II of this blog series we covered a brief summary of five common types of Green Energy.? In today?s blog we will be looking at 3 of the major organizations working to help offer Green Energy to other companies.

3degrees? This organization helps businesses locate and procure Green Energy and also consults with businesses on how they can leverage that energy to offset some of the carbon emissions that their businesses create during the course of operations.?

3degrees works with manufacturers of solar, wind, landfill gas, livestock biogas, geothermal, biomass, low-impact hydro and sustainable forestry energies to bring their products to businesses like Kohls, Whole Foods, Starbucks and Safeway to qualify for government certifications and incentives for environmentally conscious efforts.

WM Renewable Energy ? Part of the Waste Management Solid Waste removal company, this division produces landfill gas (biogas) from its network of over 270 landfills that is equivalent enough electricity to power more than 400,00 homes.? In addition to this technology, the Renewable Energy Group offers expertise to other groups to create their own waste-to-energy projects with a goal of creating enough energy to power over 2 million homes by 2020.

Waste management?s Wheelabrator Technologies division has been a leader in safe solid waste to energy conversion since the early 1970s.? This division has been responsible for converting more than 170 million tons of municipal solid waste into energy that would be equivalent to 177 million barrels of oil.

Xcel Energy ? This company, based in Minneapolis, MN provides energy to homes and businesses in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, Texas, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.? Along with traditional energy Xcel has programs that produce energy from wind, solar, and hyrdo power as well as biomass energy.

These types of renewable energy technologies allow Xcel to better fix the energy costs for their customers as other non-renewable energy prices fluctuate from month to month.? In 2010, the company produced 10% of their energy from renewable energy sources, doubling that amount that they were producing in 2007.? Xcel has been the #1 provider of Wind-generated energy by the American Wind Energy Association and were ranked 5th in the U.S. by the Solar Electric Power Association with plans to grow their production 500% by 2015.

For more information about how you can partner with companies that are involved with partnering with companies like these for alternative Green Energy sources for your sourcing needs please contact a SafeSourcing customer service representative today.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.

In Part I of this blog series we covered a brief summary of two common types of Green Energy, biogas and biomass.  In today’s blog we will be looking to review three other common and widely used forms of green energy.

Solar power– Solar technology generally refers to the conversion of light into electricity using solar or photovoltaic cells, however there is much more to it than that making it one of the most promising green energy sources for the future. While it is true that the amount of energy that reaches the planet surface every year is twice the amount of energy we will ever produce from all of the non-renewable natural resources combined, solar technology is also being used as a source of natural lighting in businesses to save electricity and as a heating source to naturally heat water. 

Wind power– Wind power is creating by harnessing the energy generated from giant turbines that are moved by wind power.  Many countries around the world are employing the technology, and large scale wind farms have successfully been used in countries such as Denmark, Portugal and Spain deriving more than 15% of their total energy from wind. While worldwide, wind power generates a relatively low amount of the total energy consumed, this number is growing very quickly every year with 9 of the top 10 Green Energy companies in the U.S. using wind power in some manner.

Hydropower – Similar to wind power in that a force is being used to turn giant turbines that create electricity, hydropower uses the force of moving water to do the turning as opposed to wind.  Used in some form for decades, over 20% of the world’s energy is derived from hydropower and over 75% of the renewable energy used. Rivers, tides, and dams provide the bulk of the force used to create this type of energy which reduces emissions typical of fossil fuel power plants and can easily be regulated to meet power demands as needed.  Countries such as Paraguay produce 100% of their electricity from dams exporting 90% of what they produce to other nearby countries.

For more information about how you can partner with companies that are involved with using these types of technologies for your sourcing needs please contact a SafeSourcing customer service representative today.

We look forward to and appreciate your comments.