TOP 30
COLLEGE &
UNIVERSITY



&EPA

GREEN
POWER

PARTNERSHIP

Top 30 College & University

As of January 25, 2021, the combined annual green power use of EPA's Top 30
College & University Partners amounts to more than 3.6 billion kilowatt-hours of
green power, which is equivalent to the annual electricity use of nearly 341,000
average American homes.

Partner
Name

Annual
Green
Power
Usage
(kWh)

GP % of
Total
Electricity
Use*

Green
Power
Resources

1. University of
California

328,380,213

30%

Biogas,
Biomass,
Solar, Wind

2. Arizona State
University

292,135,945

87%

Solar, Wind

3. Columbia
University

277,892,000

100%

Various

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

227,985,303

100%

Biomass,
Solar

5. Boston
University

205,000,000

100%

Wind

6. University of
Maryland

204,194,825

70%

Small-hydro,
Solar, Wind

7. Stanford
University

190,930,395

67%

Various

8. Georgetown
University

152,404,000

127%

Wind


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Partner
Name

Annual
Green
Power
Usage
(kWh)

GP % of
Total
Electricity
Use*

Green
Power
Resources

9. University of
Utah

148,673,985

49%

Geothermal,
Solar

10. Carnegie

Mellon

University

134,008,880

105%

Solar, Wind

11. University of
Oklahoma

132,336,000

70%

Wind

12. Saint Louis
University

125,000,000

105%

Wind

13.

Northwestern
University

100,202,000

38%

Solar, Wind

14. The Ohio
State University

99,742,483

17%

Wind

15. Oklahoma
State University

88,769,890

67%

Wind

16. University of
North Texas

80,331,867

67%

Solar, Wind

17. University of
Missouri

75,528,949

32%

Biomass,
Solar, Wind

18. George

Washington

University

73,464,846

50%

Solar


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Partner
Name

Annual
Green
Power
Usage
(kWh)

GP % of
Total
Electricity
Use*

Green
Power
Resources

19. Elmhurst, IL
Community

71,414,000

20%

Wind

20. Rochester
Institute of
Technology

70,711,082

92%

Solar, Wind

21. University of
New Hampshire

69,871,000

100%

Wind

22. Colorado
State University

63,562,340

37%

Various

23. University of
Virginia

61,461,216

18%

Solar

24. University of
Vermont

59,759,945

101%

Biogas, Solar,
Wind

25. University of
Minnesota

58,410,288

15%

Various

26. Southern
Illinois
University
Edwardsville

55,957,182

100%

Wind

27. City Colleges
of Chicago

54,429,677

100%

Wind

28. Ohio
University

53,206,118

50%

Solar, Wind


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Partner

Annual

GP % of

Green

Name

Green

Total

Power



Power

Electricity

Resources



Usage

Use*





(kWh)





29. University of

50,058,020

21%

Solar, Wind

Tennessee,







Knoxville







30. Temple

48,924,000

27%

Various

University







* Reflects the amount of green power as a percentage of total electricity use. Partners choosing to
purchase green power in an amount exceeding 1 00 percent of their U.S. organization-wide
electricity use are listed as such.

° Indicates Provider is selling Partner a third-party certified green power product. Get more
information on third-party certification: https://www.epa.qov/qreenpower/buv-certified-verified-
qreen-power.


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