Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that it has received a 2009 Green Power Leadership Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Motorola is one of only 10 organizations nationwide to receive a Leadership Award for its green power purchase. The EPA presented Motorola with the award at an event held in conjunction with the 2009 Renewable Energy Markets Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

“EPA’s Green Power Leadership award winners are raising the bar for green power purchasing,” said Kathleen Hogan, Director of EPA’s Climate Protection Partnerships Division. “By using renewable energy, Motorola is helping our environment by leading our national transition to clean energy; they are a model for others to follow.”

For 2009, Motorola is purchasing more than 78 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of Green-e certified renewable energy certificates (RECs), generated from wind-power sources. This represents 20 percent of the company’s U.S. electricity purchases. Motorola is buying the RECs from NativeEnergy that support the Langdon Wind Facility in North Dakota.

“We are proud to receive this prestigious award from the EPA,” said Jodi Shapiro, vice president of Environment, Health and Safety, Motorola. “Purchasing green power is one of many efforts we’re making to be part of the solution to climate change. We’re also improving the environmental profile of our products, running our operations in an energy-efficient manner and helping our customers to be greener when they use our products.”

According to the EPA, Motorola’s current green power purchase of more than 78 million kWh is equivalent to avoiding the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of more than 10,000 passenger vehicles per year, or is the equivalent amount of electricity needed annually to power more than nearly 8,000 average American homes.

Source: Zikkir World (blog)