Intel Corporation , a world leader in silicon innovation , purchases more than 3.1 billion kilowatthours a year of renewable energy certificates , generated from wind , solar , geothermal , low impact hydro , and biomass sources , all third-party certified . In addition , Intel has facilitated 18 on-site solar plants at several Intel facilities with

solar capacity of approximately 7,000 kW and growing . Intel ’ s purchase has the equivalent environmental impact of taking more than 455,000 passenger cars off the road each year , or avoiding the amount of electricity needed to power more than 327,000 average American homes annually , per the EPA calculator .

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