底特律，2019年9月5日 /3BL Media / - 通用汽车今天宣布，它已获得美国环境保护局的2019年绿色电力领导力奖。该奖项表彰公司的承诺和贡献，以帮助推进国家自愿绿色电力市场的发展。EPA在加利福尼亚州圣地亚哥举行的2019年可再生能源市场会议上向通用汽车颁发了直接项目参与奖。

“我们为美国环境保护局的这种认可而感到自豪，”通用汽车的能源和碳优化工程师Erin Lawrence说。“我们的努力和其他可持续发展的公司的努力有助于加速可再生资源的发展，并推进美国利用可再生能源的市场，这表明我们承诺减少碳排放，同时支持我们的RE100目标，以使我们的电量使用100％。到2050年可再生能源。”

EPA将绿色电源视为由环境可取的可再生资源产生的电力，例如风，太阳能，地热，沼气，生物量和低影响力的水力。通用汽车是全国仅有的七个组织之一，即获得直接项目参与的领导奖。该计划认可EPA绿色电力合作伙伴，这些合作伙伴通过使用各种融资结构直接与现场和异地项目的项目进行区分，以访问经过认证的可再生绿色电力。通用汽车因帮助开发多样化的可再生能源供应组合而获得该奖项，其中包括：

• 超过了其原始的125兆瓦（GM达到416兆瓦）的最初可再生能源目标。
• 将其可再生能源目标推进了RE100的签署国，这是一项全球倡议，将有影响力的企业团结起来，致力于100％可再生电力。
• Executing the first green tariff in Michigan with Consumers Energy.
• Three new virtual power purchase agreements for wind energy totaling over 800 million kilowatt-hours coming online in 2018.

GM is continuing to leverage a four-pillar strategy announced as part of its RE100 goal in 2016 to pursue a zero emissions future. Energy efficiency, renewables, storage and policy are key to advancing the technology needed to achieve this effort. GM is currently accessing about 703.5 million kWh of power annually from a portfolio of various renewable energy systems, equivalent to the electricity use of about 86,750 average U.S. homes annually.

GM has been engaged in various renewable power projects for decades, including landfill gas, wind and solar projects, and is a founding member of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance, working to help increase demand for and delivery of renewable energy.

An organization-wide EPA partner, GM is currently No. 6 on EPA’s Green Power Partnership Top 30 On-site generation list. GM recently earned a spot on the EPA National Top 100 List of the largest green power users from the Green Power Partnership. Ranked No. 29, GM is the only automotive company on this list. It also ranks No. 14 on EPA’s list of Green Power Partners from the Fortune 500®.

通用汽车Co.（NYSE：GM）在世界上最大，增长最快的汽车市场中担任领导职务。通用汽车的子公司和合资实体在雪佛兰，凯迪拉克，鲍林，别克，GMC，霍尔顿和沃林品牌下出售车辆。有关公司及其子公司的更多信息，包括车辆安全，安全和信息服务的全球领导者Onstar，可以在188bet上不了http://www.gm.com.

关于EPA’s Green Power Partnership

The Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that helps increase green power use among U.S. organizations to advance the American market for green power and development of those sources to reduce air pollution and other environmental impacts associated with electricity use. The Partnership currently has more than 1,500 Partners voluntarily using more than 60 billion kilowatt-hours of green power annually. Partners include a wide variety of leading organizations such as Fortune 500^®companies; small and medium sized businesses; local, state, and federal governments; and colleges and universities. For additional information, please visithttp://www.epa.gov/greenpower.