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Cell phones typically take a charge from a charger pluggee intothe wall. The electricity flowingg through the grid to the phone most likely comese from a coal or natural gas powerplant — whicb together supply more than half the nation’s But Boulder’s is selling, through Best Buy, a “Greenm Your Phone” card, which for $10 accountzs for about 500 kilowatt hours wortu of renewable energy credits for power generate d by wind farms.
The 500 kilowattds is about the energy used in manufacturing and usinbg two cell phones fortwo years, the company The money ultimately goes toward supporting wind Best Buy is the first majot retailer to offer Renewable Choice’s product. “Green Your cards will be availableat 1,000 Best Buy storezs nationwide starting Wednesday, Nov. 19. The $10 purchase includes two “Offset with Wind Power” one for each phonse the 500 kilowatt hours As part ofthe “Green Your Phone” product Renewable Choice is providing 10,000 of these offsets free-of-charge to Best Buy Mobile employees to help launch the programk and raise awareness of the environmental benefits of RECs.
“Forr the past several yearxs businesses have increasingly embraced the renewablwe energy credits to help growour country’s cleajn power infrastructure,” Quayle Hodek, founder and CEO of Renewabld Choice Energy, said in a statement. “’Greeh Your Phone’ is a way for forward-thinking consumers to join this effor and help drive the growth of wind helping to reduceour nation’s dependencde on fossil fuels.
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