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WASHINGTON, DC, US, November 30, 2005 (Refocus
Weekly)
The Department of Energy has met a goal of
sourcing the equivalent of 3% of its facilities’ electrical usage
from non-hydro renewable energy sources.
The goal was set by the Secretary of Energy, and covers the
purchase of green power, on-site generating projects, and the
purchase of renewable energy credits. The 3% threshold was passed by
the recent purchase of RECs by the Western Area Power
Administration.
The green power includes geothermal, wind and biomass generation,
and some departmental facilities have on-site solar PV, solar
thermal, wind generation and geothermal heat pumps. DOE uses B-100
biodiesel and E-85 ethanol.
The total non-hydro renewable energy consumption at DOE facilities
now exceeds 150 GWh a year, enough to power 30 large office
buildings of 25 stories.
The DOE headquarters in Washington, its National Renewable Energy
Laboratory and the DOE facility in Germantown (Maryland), as well as
WAPA, purchase 100% green power for their facilities. In addition,
the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and DOE Hanford in
Washington State purchase 15% non-hydro renewables through the
Bonneville Power Administration.
Other DOE facilities that have contributed to the goal including the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Stanford Linear Accelerator, Strategic Petroleum
Reserve, Trinity Site, West Valley Demonstration Project, Department
of Energy Pantex and its Kansas City Plant.
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