City Of Dallas Earns 2nd Place On Green-Powered Governments List

DALLAS, TX — Anyone who has made the laborious drive from Dallas to Amarillo (or Lubbock or El Paso) has almost certainly noticed the thousands of wind turbines that punctuate the otherwise flat and dry plateaus and plains of some of West Texas' more desolate regions. These turbines spin endlessly across the landscape, largely unencumbered by the trees or mountains that can break up airflow in other geographic areas.

Wind turbines are a renewable source of energy, and Texas has more of them than any other state in the U.S. That's why three major metro areas in Texas landed in the top five spots on the Green Power Partnership Top 30 Local Government list, which measures renewable energy usage in major cities across the country.

The City of Dallas is the second most green-powered entity in the United States, and it thrives heavily on wind power. In fact, according to the Green Power list, The City of Dallas operates on 100% wind power. That adds up to an approximate 715,086,000 kilowatt hours of renewable energy. For reference, a kilowatt hour (kWh) is a way to measure energy. One kWh is equal to the amount of energy needed to run a 1,000 watt appliance for one hour.

Additionally ,Dallas-Fort Worth Airport ranked in at number six on the list. The airport operates on 176,255,000 kilowatt hours of solar and wind energy. This adds up to 40% of the airport's total energy usage.

Other Texas institutions on the list include the City of Houston, 1; City of Austin, 5; City of Denton, 18; and Austin Independent School District, 24.

The City of Dallas also ranks in at number 14 on the Green Power Partnership National Top 100. This list represents the largest green power users within the Green Power Partnership. Members of the partnership include corporate entities, governments, sports teams and venues, and higher education facilities.

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