Tuesday, August 24, 2010

BPA and Bonneville Environmental Foundation promote Green Tags program - Portland Business Journal:

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As part of the program, , and plan to buil a solar generation facilityat Hanford, When complete, BPA will buy the solaf output and meld it with other agency supplies to sell it at BPA's regular rate. BEF will cover the slightlty higher cost of producing solar power thensell "green to interested parties, a strategy intendedd to create additional revenue to expand a $15 milliojn fund for renewable resource development. "Green tags are a simple way of capturingh the environmental attributesof wind, solar and other renewables, said BEF president Angus Duncan.
"They give buyers an easy way to help transition the powet system from fossil fuel dependence to new To qualify forgreen tags, generation facilities may include geothermal, solar or biomass and must be endorsed by Northwesr environmental groups. Purchasers can, in offset a portion of the carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions that result from typical electricity use. BEF sold the first greemn tags to the US Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle ayear ago. Additiona l sales are now planned throughout the according tothe foundation.

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