Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins is making a three year commitment to going green. The base signed a contract with Georgia Power to be the utility’s largest consumer of so-called green energy.
Green energy is electricity that’s produced in an environmentally friendly manner. Robins will purchase 40 percent of all renewable energy produced by Georgia Power. Most of Georgia Power’s green energy comes from biomass, supplied by a methane-to-energy plant at a Dekalb County landfill.
Green energy will cost the base a little more, but help them fulfill a commitment to use renewable sources of energy under the 2005 Energy Policy Act. Three thousand Georgia homeowners are also taking part in the green energy program.
Green energy is electricity that’s produced in an environmentally friendly manner. Robins will purchase 40 percent of all renewable energy produced by Georgia Power. Most of Georgia Power’s green energy comes from biomass, supplied by a methane-to-energy plant at a Dekalb County landfill.
Green energy will cost the base a little more, but help them fulfill a commitment to use renewable sources of energy under the 2005 Energy Policy Act. Three thousand Georgia homeowners are also taking part in the green energy program.
