Bloomberg recently released a roundup of the tech companies that use the most green energy in their operations. The list consists of publicly traded technology firms and only considers their operations in the United States.
The news service measured the percent of each company’s annual electricity that comes from green sources, how many megawatt hours of green power each company uses per year, and where those green power sources come from. Here’s a list of the top 10 tech companies that have shown the biggest commitment to the environment based on Bloomberg’s survey.
10. Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL)
Dell comes in at No. 10 on Bloomberg’s ranking of the greenest tech companies. Dell gets 47.9 percent of the power it uses annually from green resources including biogas, solar, and wind. Dell uses 218,789 megawatt hours of green energy annually. Just a tenth of the green energy Dell uses is generated on site. Dell has the highest amount of green power coming from utility products purchased on the list at 99.9 percent.
9. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE:AMD)
AMD uses a little over half — 51.7 percent — of its annual power in green energy. The company uses energy from wind turbines to provide the 62,483 megawatt hours of green power it uses each year. Green power from utility products purchased accounts for 79.1 percent of AMD’s green energy, and 20.9 percent of that green power is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
8. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Microsoft comes in at eighth place on Bloomberg’s ranking. The company generates 79.7 percent of its annual electricity usage from green resources like biomass, small-hydro, solar, and wind. Microsoft uses 1,935,551 megwatt hours of green energy annually. One hundred percent of that green power comes from Renewable Energy Certificates, although the company doesn’t produce any of its own green power on site.
7. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)
Apple generates 85.3 percent of the electricity it uses annually from green resources like biomass, biogas, geothermal, small-hydro, solar, and wind. The above photograph is of an Apple solar farm, as the company generates 18.9 percent of its green power on site. Apple uses 537,394 megawatt hours of green energy each year. Only 23.2 percent of Apple’s green power is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates, but 59.7 percent comes from utility products purchased by the company.
6. Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE)
Adobe generates 97.6 percent of its annual electricity usage from green sources. Using biogas and wind resources, Adobe uses 64,009 megawatt hours of green energy annually. The company generates 18.2 percent of that green energy on site, and 81.8 percent of it is from Renewable Energy Certificates.
5. Workday Inc. (NYSE:WDAY)
Workday generates green power equal to 100 percent of its annual electricity usage from biomass, small hydro, and wind resources. The company uses 14,100 megawatt hours of green energy per year. All of Workday’s green energy is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
4. SAP AG America (NYSE:SAP)
The American operations of the German software company SAP AG came in fourth on Bloomberg’s list of green tech companies. SAP generates green power equal to 100 percent of its annual electricity usage from solar and wind sources. SAP uses 40,300 megawatt hours of green power annually, and all of it is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
3. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ:INTC)
Intel generates green energy equal to 100 percent of its annual electricity usage. The world’s biggest chip maker uses 3,100,850 megawatt hours of green power per year. Intel’s green power resources are biogas, biomass, small hydro, solar, and wind power. Almost 100 percent of Intel’s green power is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
2. Advantest America (NYSE:ATE)
No. 2 on Bloomberg’s list is Advantest America, which generates 102.4 percent of its annual power usage from eco-friendly wind power. The company uses 12,013 megawatt hours of green power per year. All of Advantest America’s green energy is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
1. Lenovo (LNVGY.PK)
The greenest company on Bloomberg’s list is Lenovo. Lenovo generates 288 percent of its annual energy use from green sources, mostly wind. The company uses 35,303 megawatt hours of green power each year, and 100 percent of its green power is eligible for Renewable Energy Certificates.
Lenovo’s products are also notably eco-friendly: 98 percent of the company’s notebooks are eligible for an Energy Star from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy, according to the company’s website.
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