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At GoGreen, all involved are striving to leave a smaller 'footprint'. We know that we (and the sites we host) all play a role in protecting and preserving the environment and the communities upon which our business depends. That's why we purchase 100% renewable wind energy to offset all of our necessary electricity use.

As electricity consumers, there isn't much we can do to choose the type of electricity mixture we receive, but we can support more renewable energy getting into the mix on our behalf. Until solar and wind power are made affordable to all, we simply do not have the ability to generate this electricity ourselves. So, beside the obvous, RRR (reduce, reuse, recycle) what can an individual and small business do?

To ensure that the mix of power we draw from the system is replaced (and then some) with 100% wind energy, we purchase green tags. Matching each kilowatt-hour we consume (at GoGreen, this includes, each employee's home and office, the home office, and the server's housing) with a kilowatt-hour of renewable wind energy which then neutralizes the impact of our electricity use and helps get more wind powered 'clean' energy on the grid.

Our purchase of green tags is the equivalent of removing 125,760 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions from the environment every year. It's like planting 20 acres of trees or taking 15 cars off the road every year.

What Is Wind Power or Energy?
How Does It Work?
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What Is Wind Power or Energy?

Wind power is the process by which the wind is used to generate electricity. Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy in the wind into mechanical power. This mechanical power can be used for specific tasks (such as grinding grain or pumping water) or can be converted into electricity to power homes and businesses.

Modern wind turbine technology takes advantage of advances in materials, engineering, electronics, and aerodynamics to create large wind turbines that can function in a broad range of wind speeds. Small wind turbines are often used in combination with batteries to provide energy to resorts and lodges in remote locations, while larger turbines are usually grouped into wind farms which feed electricity into the electric utility grid.

Because the speed of the wind rises with height, wind turbines are mounted on towers to maximize the amount of energy they capture. Towers on commercial turbines range from 50 metres (160 feet) to as high as 112 metres (more than 300 feet), where they can take advantage of faster and less turbulent wind.

How Does It Work?

The electricity used in the United States comes from what is called "the grid." The grid is like a large pool of electricity each of us draws from. This electricity comes from many different sources -- the majority of which are detrimental to the environment - such as coal, natural gas and nuclear power. A very small percentage comes from renewable resources such as the wind and sun.

When you turn on a light, or flip on the TV, electricity is pulled from this pool and is delivered through the power lines to our homes and businesses. Because of the way the grid is organized, there's no way to determine what kind of electricity comes out of it when we draw from the pool. But we can specify what kind of electricity goes back into it on our behalf.

Purchasing green tags is a way to support the electricity generated by the wind farms around the United States. In effect, this creates a market for wind power, which leads to the creation of more wind farms and more renewable energy being fed into the grid.

If more businesses and consumers purchased green tags to offset their electricity use, less conventionally-produced electricity would be needed. Eventually, renewable energy could become the norm, and polluting sources of electricity could go the way of the dinosaur.

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To learn more about wind energy or to join us in supporting green tags, visit our partners at:

The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF). BEF is a non-profit dedicated to growing the use of renewable energy through marketing Green Tags to businesses and consumers and providing the necessary funding that allows more renewable energy projects to help displace our reliance on fossil fuels.

Environmental Protection Agency - Green Power Partnership The EPA has created a program to support and encourage businesses to use renewable sources of energy.

Green-e is a nationally recognized third-party certification program for green power and green tags.