Intel picks up green electricity title

Intel has had an image makeover — not content with presenting itself as the world’s biggest chip maker, it’s now gunning for the title of biggest purchaser of green electricity in the US. Greenbang hopes Intel can come up with something more Guinness Book of Records friendly, like maker of the world’s biggest apple pie.

But back to the green electricity: Intel has bought 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates to reduce its impact on the environment.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, that makes it the number one green electric happy shopper in the US of A.

“Our renewable purchase is just one part of a multi-faceted approach to protect the environment, and one that we hope spurs additional development and demand for renewable energy,” Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini said.