9 Companies that Love Renewable Energy

Top brand names are choosing to power their operations using wind energy. Why? Largely because it's the cheapest source of new electric generating capacity in many parts of the U.S. Not only is wind power clean, it's good for their bottom lines.

Here's a list of just some of the companies that have committed to renewable energy recently, or reached important clean energy milestones in 2017: 

  1. Apple announced it will buy wind energy from a soon-to-be-built Oregon wind farm to power one of its data centers.
  2. LEGO bricks are now made with 100 percent renewable energy. To celebrate, the company built the world's largest LEGO wind turbine. You've got to see the video capturing its creation!
  3. General Mills signed a 15-year contract for 100 megawatts of wind power capacity. Its purchase helps fund the build-out of a wind farm in Concho County, Texas, which will employ about 250 construction workers
  4. Anheuser-Busch InBev, one of the world's largest beer makers and distributors, pledged to transition to 100 percent renewable energy by 2025. This Bud's for you!
  5. 7-Eleven will power all of its Texas stores with wind. Those Slurpees will taste even better!
  6. The Home Depot purchased enough wind energy to power 100 stores.
  7. GM is transitioning its SUV factory in Arlington, Texas to 100 percent wind energy.
  8. Homecare goods like Tide laundry soap and Dawn dish detergent are being made with 100 percent wind energy by Procter & Gamble. And of course, Mr. Clean!
  9. Google expects to run 100 percent of its worldwide operations on renewable energy this year; wind will supply 95 percent of that.

Beer, toys, soap and cars - all powered by renewable sources. In fact, 53 of the Fortune 500 companies now have renewable energy goals, with 23 of those companies setting 100 percent renewable energy targets.

Thank you for being a part of the Power of Wind. Your support of wind energy is more critical than ever to our ability to keep bringing more renewable electricity to homes, factories and companies across the U.S.

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