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2007 GREEN POWER LEADERSHIP AWARD
U.S. Department of Energy Names SunEdison as Leading Renewable Energy Marketer;
SunEdison Customers Kohl's and Staples Named Leading Green Power Purchasers
Beltsville, MD (October 23, 2007) - SunEdison, North America's first and largest solar energy services provider, yesterday received a 2007 Green Power Leadership award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for its prominent role in advancing more widespread adoption of renewable energy used in power markets. This U.S. DOE annual award recognizes leading
national green power participants for their commitment and contribution to helping advance the development of the nation's green power market.
SunEdison is a winner in the Renewable Energy Marketer category. SunEdison customers Kohl's and Staples received awards in the Green Power Purchaser category. This category recognizes national market-based deployment of renewable energy technologies. The awards were presented October 22, in conjunction with the Twelfth National Renewable Marketing Conference taking place in Philadelphia, PA.
Kohl's recently announced the largest U.S. solar program, with 63 out of 80 California locations to have rooftop photovoltaic solar energy systems.
Staples was among the first retailers to establish a national solar energy program.
"We are honored to receive this prestigious award from the DOE," said Mark Culpepper, Vice President of Strategic Marketing for SunEdison. "We are also proud to recognize the outstanding environmental leadership of our customers. SunEdison, along with Kohl's and Staples, are all committed to supporting cleaner technologies and helping develop the green power market on a commercially viable platform."
The DOE is recognizing six leading organizations that have helped advance the development of the nation's green power markets through the creation of successful green power programs.
DOE is recognizing green power suppliers in three categories: New Green Power Program or Product, Renewable Energy Marketer and Green Power Program of the Year.
The combined green power supplied by these leading organizations amounts to over 5 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually, which is the equivalent amount of electricity needed to power nearly 465,000 average American households each year. Overall, retail sales of renewable energy to consumers making voluntary purchases totaled about 12 billion kilowatthours in 2006. That represents an increase of 40% over last year's sales numbers.
"The Department of Energy applauds these organizations for taking a leading role in providing consumers with cost-effective options for 'going green,'" DOE Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Alexander Karsner said. "Green power marketing has enormous potential to expand domestic markets for clean, abundant and affordable renewable energy technologies by fostering greater availability throughout the country. The leaders in the voluntary green power markets are a critical part of the President's strategy to build, generate and promote renewable energy capacity that will have a sizeable impact in the marketplace and increase our Nation's energy security."
This year a panel of judges reviewed nearly 100 nominations based on criteria ranging from the amount of green power generated to each organization's strategy for incorporating green power into its operations and communications.
Additional information regarding DOE's 2007 Green Power Leadership Award winners and the voluntary markets is available at the U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Network below.
About SunEdison
Sun Edison LLC is North America's largest solar energy services provider. SunEdison provides solar-generated energy at or below current retail utility rates to a broad and diverse client base of commercial, municipal and utility customers. For more information about SunEdison, please visit www.sunedison.com. The company headquarters is located in Beltsville, Md.
About the U.S. Department of Energy Green Power Network
The Green Power Network is the nation's premier Web site providing green power market information. The Network's Web site provides up-to-date information on green power providers, product offerings, consumer protection issues, and policies affecting green power markets. It also includes a reference library of relevant papers, articles and reports. The Green Power Network is operated and maintained by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the U.S. Department of Energy. Additional information is available at
http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/conference/awards07.html
Rob Wyse
212.920.1470
rob@m1pr.com
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