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AMD’s new offices to be powered by wind farm |
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Oct 25, 2005 at 09:54 PM |
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AMD has said
that all of its Austin, Texas offices, including the new Austin Campus will be
powered with renewable energy via the Austin Energy "GreenChoice" Program. The
contract will last 10 years. According to AMD it was one of the first companies
in Austin to purchase green power in the region and has subscribed to all four
batches of green energy offered since the program was launched in 2000. The
renewable energy comes from a wind turbine farm and two landfill sites that
produce methane.
"The use of
green energy is good for the environment and good for business," said Craig
Garcia, director of global corporate services, AMD. " It helps AMD reduce
overall energy costs because as the price of energy derived from traditional
fossil fuels continues to increase, green power is purchased at a fixed rate
over the life of the contract. According to Austin Energy, AMD's purchase of
green energy over the 10 year period is expected to eliminate the equivalent
pollution created by 9,055 cars in Austin each year or the amount of energy
needed to power 5,263 homes in Austin annually."
AMD has stated
previously that it plans to reduce energy use by 30 percent, water use by 40
percent and greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by the end of 2007 from all
of its facilities worldwide.
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