Green Power Partnership Top 30 College & University List

Released on January 27, 2020

The Top 30 College & University list represents the largest green power users among higher
C!>.',',1,q education institutions within the Green Power Partnership. The combined green power use
of these organizations amounts to more than 3.5 billion kilowatt-hours of green power
annually, which is equivalent to the electricity use of more than 280,000 average American
homes annually.

Partner Name

Annual Green
Power Usage
(kWh)

GP % of Total

Electricity

Use*

Green Power
Resources

1. University of California

273,347,222

25%

Various

2. Columbia University

270,897,887

100%

Wind

3. University at Buffalo, the State
University of New York

224,325,000

100%

Biomass, Solar

4. University of Pennsylvania

200,000,000

71%

Wind

5. Georgetown University

159,149,526

130%

Wind

6. Stanford University

159,021,886

56%

Solar

7. University of Tennessee, Knoxville

158,044,000

67%

Solar, Wind

8. University of Utah

148,673,985

49%

Geothermal, Solar

9. University of Maryland

146,567,825

53%

Various

10. University of Oklahoma

135,692,000

70%

Wind

11. Carnegie Mellon University

132,396,967

100%

Solar, Wind

12. Saint Louis University

125,000,000

105%

Wind

13. University of North Texas

107,250,000

100%

Solar, Wind

14. Arizona State University

105,000,000

30%

Solar, Wind

15. University of Missouri

104,001,209

42%

Biomass, Solar,
Wind

16. Northwestern University

100,370,800

39%

Solar, Wind

17. Oklahoma State University

93,827,563

67%

Wind

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18. Drexel University

87,766,000

104%

Solar, Wind

19. The Ohio State University

85,505,575

14%

Wind

20. George Washington University

78,393,980

53%

Solar

21. University of Virginia

70,936,294

21%

Solar

22. University of Wisconsin

64,424,214

14%

Biogas, Solar, Wind

23. Ohio University

60,689,366

50%

Solar, Wind

24. American University

59,476,806

107%

Various

25. University of Minnesota

57,800,000

16%

Solar, Wind

26. University of Vermont

57,716,250

96%

Biogas, Solar, Wind

27. Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville

56,109,545

100%

Wind

28. University of New Hampshire

46,469,000

65%

Wind

29. Temple University

44,000,000

21%

Wind

30. Syracuse University

40,250,000

35%

Wind

* Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to purchase green
power in an amount exceeding 100 percent of their U.S. organization-wide electricity use are listed as such.

0 Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. Get more information on third-party
certification.

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