I wanted to thank Katie Fehrenbacher at Earth2Tech for cutting Dell a little slack in the face of recent criticism of their carbon neutral claims. She doesn’t give them a free ride, but at least she recognizes that their efforts have some real value whether they offset 100% or 5% of their emissions as claimed by the Wall Street Journal.

I don’t want to get into the debate about Dell’s footprint or the value of offsets. Working for an...

This Christmas, I decided to purchase sustainable gifts for my family and friends.  In addition to purchasing Community Energy’s gift of wind, I bought thirteen stainless steel water bottles as holiday gifts, including one for myself.  I had been considering the need to find an alternative to plastic water bottles for some time.  I would use a plastic water bottle for a few weeks, and then recycle it.  I was uncomfortable...

Today Community Energy welcomes a new member of our supply team. Jon Keeney joins us from Paul Smith’s College where he majored in Business Management and Entrepreneurial Studies. What’s really exciting about Jon’s joining Community Energy is that Paul Smith’s College is a long-time Renewable Energy Credit (REC) customer of Community Energy. When you ask Jon why he wanted to get into renewable energy, he talks about going to a school with such a...

Happy Holidays from Community Energy!  This year we have donated $3,000, that we would have otherwise spent printing, posting and shipping physical Holiday Cards, to the Solar Electric Light Fund.

The mission of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) is to provide solar power and wireless communications to a quarter of the world’s population living in energy poverty.

Thank you for sharing in a very successful 2008 which...

The flexibility of the products we sell enables our customers to apply renewable energy in often creative ways. A college applies its renewable energy purchase to offset the electricity use of its dorms. A company assigns its clean energy to its retail locations or a corporate headquarters. A bride and groom green their wedding. Major League Baseball powers Yankee Stadium with wind for the All-Star Game. Community Energy has sold wind energy to...