Amid a clamor in Michigan for the development of the renewable energy industry, one West Michigan furniture manufacturer is determined to offset some 20 percent of its energy consumption with wind energy—even if it means building its own wind farm out of state.
According to excerpts from the story:
Steelcase Inc., a global office furniture company, has become the first REC buyer to sponsor a commercial-scale wind farm by making the first known long-term purchase of all the RECs during a wind farm project’s financing stage.
The power expected to be generated by the wind farm on an annual basis represents approximately 20 percent of the power Steelcase facilities require in the US, and equals more than three times the energy necessary to fully power the Steelcase global headquarters building in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
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