Partnerships

Energy Shift is Now a Green Energy Partner!

What is a Green Energy Partner?

The EPA Green Energy Partner Program is a voluntary program helping to increase the use of green power among leading U.S. organizations. Organizations are encouraged to purchase green power as a way to reduce the environmental impacts associated with conventional electricity use. To see other partners go to http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/partners/

Using green power helps to accelerate the development of new, domestic renewable energy sources, while playing an important role in the security of America’s energy supply.

What is Green Energy?

Green power is electricity generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and low-impact hydro resources.  Energy Shift has selected WindCurrent as our source of green energy, http://www.windcurrent.com/ .

How Do Companies Like Energy Shift “Use” Green Power?

All renewable-based electricity generators that are tied into a power grid-tied produce two products: physical electricity and RECs or renewable energy certificates. The electricity is fed onto the electricity grid; the RECs are a method for claiming and accounting for the benefits of renewable-based electricity generation. As organizations purchase RECs, they are contributing to the development and expansion of green energy. As renewable power generators produce electricity, they have a positive impact, reducing the need for fossil fuel-based generation sources to meet consumer demand. RECs embody these positive environmental impacts and convey these benefits to the REC owner.