Silicon Valley Power (SVP) is excited to announce that California’s Great America, the 100-acre amusement park, will cover 100% of its electricity use with renewable energy through SVP’s Santa Clara Green renewable energy power program! The renewable energy program lets Santa Clara residents and businesses purchase 100% solar and wind energy. California’s Great America is going green!
Great America’s commitment to 100% wind energy – 12,810 megawatt-hours (MWhs) annually – makes it one of the largest renewable energy purchasers in the Santa Clara Green Power program and a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership’s Leadership Club. This annual clean energy purchase is similar to the output of four large-scale wind turbines – reducing Great America’s carbon footprint from electricity use by over 7 million pounds of carbon dioxide each year. Now that is a lot of energy being renewed.
“We are thrilled about Great America’s participation in Santa Clara Green Power,” said Larry Owens, SVP Senior Division Manager of Customer Services. “Their renewable energy commitment will place them among the top echelon of Silicon Valley’s environmental leaders and make it the first Northern California amusement park of its kind to choose 100% renewable energy.”
Their commitment to wind energy through SVP’s local utility program is an amazing step for Great America, which values the community is does business with. Great America is pioneering the use renewable energy as an alternative to the conventional source. Hopefully, other amusement parks see the possibility of this change.
“California’s Great America is proud to partner with Silicon Valley Power and is committed to doing its part to better the environment,” said California’s Great America Vice President & General Manager Raul Rehnborg. “It is important for us to reduce our carbon footprint and join the growing number of local businesses that embrace the importance of renewable energy.”
Great America joins the increasing circle of large businesses in Santa Clara that support renewable energy. 70 small businesses and 4,000 households have committed to purchasing 100% renewable energy through Santa Clara Green Power, which is amazing. We congratulate Great America on this move and hope good things come from this outstanding change!
