Then there's the University of Pennsylvania, which purchases more green power than any other U.S. college or university.
But creating low-cost green power technology that nearly anyone can use is well worth the sweat, he says.
Its aim is to generate and transmit mostly green power to its residents.
"Our country needs power for its economic growth, and clean, green power is the best option, " says Tanti, 48.
"The unfortunate thing about green power is that it tends to be not where you need it, " says Hogan.
Edgeley Green Power were granted planning permission to construct the facility near the existing Shoreham Power Station on Tuesday evening.
That certainly is an admirable sentiment, and I certainly find sympathetic the notion that Google should commit to buying green power.
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The International Renewable Energy Agency, an intergovernmental group that promotes green power, calls it a fata morgana until at least 2020.
Its subsidy regime, under which green power stations generate tradable certificates, is unwieldy compared with traditional cash handouts in other countries.
Edgeley Green Power says the new power station should generate enough electricity to run 18, 000 homes and could be operating by 2014.
But if the country mitigates its risk by diversifying its energy interests, green power will also innovate and see an upswing in production.
In other words, generating green power is a lot tougher than cutting a check for a Toyota Prius and parking it in your driveway.
On the positive side, our timing was good with bullish calls on green power play FuelCell Energy and satellite imagery provider GeoEye.
For example, an 85-mile Green Path North Transmission Line planned to carry green power to Los Angeles was cancelled in 2010 due to environmental opposition.
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That creates business for renewable energy companies as well as economies of scale that in the long run can lower the cost of green power.
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Environmental groups pressure tech companies to locate their data centers in places where green power is available or where less energy will be required to cool the plant.
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The facility, which would burn vegetable oil and animal fat, could power up to 18, 000 homes and start operating from the beginning of 2015, according to Edgeley Green Power.
Nanogeneration is not reliant on government subsidies, nor a national grid system, and represents an affordable way for people to play a role in the generation of green power.
Critics of the EPA's green power rankings argue that the agency should base criteria on the percentage of green power purchased, not the total amount of renewable-energy credits a school buys.
For the past 4 years, Intel has been recognized as the largest voluntary purchaser of green power in the United States, under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership program.
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Though you might pay more for green power, it can help your household as a whole cut carbon emissions drastically (the average U.S. household produces 9 tons of carbon a year).
But it's often easier for a small school to use 100% green power, and the more renewable-energy credits purchased, the more power companies have an incentive to invest in clean fuel technologies.
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- The rush for "green power" is gathering pace in Australia, where power producers and distributors are committing more funds to wind-generated electricity that they hope will cut greenhouse gas emissions.
In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in April announced the top collegiate purchasers of renewable energy through its "Green Power Partnership, " voluntary program that encourages governments, businesses and schools to buy renewable energy.
Some of his restaurants "use a percentage of green power to help offset some of our non-renewable energy consumption, and we are looking to do more in the future, " Batali spokeswoman Elizabeth Meltz wrote in an email.
Stephen Leeb, president of Leeb Capital and editor of the Complete Investor newsletter, recommends taking advantage of a pullback in shares of Wuxi, China-based Suntech Power Holdings to buy into two investment themes at once: China and green power.
Google says it has been carbon neutral since 2007, offsetting its greenhouse gas emissions by signing contracts to purchase renewable energy from wind farms and the like and by buying carbon credits that help finance other green power projects.
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