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What Are We Doing To Become America's Greenest Winery?
100% Green Power
What is Green Power?
The EPA defines green power as electricity produced from renewable sources with the highest environmental benefit. Green power includes solar, wind, geothermal, biogas, biomass, and low-impact small hydroelectric sources. Green power has no human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and less environmental impact than conventional power.
Green Powered Wine
In 2008, Parducci transferred 100% of its energy needs to non-polluting, renewable sources by supplementing its on-site solar power with purchased Green-e® certified wind energy.
On-site solar:
- The first phase of Parducci’s solar installation came on-line in January of 2007.
- Parducci has just under 10,000 square feet of solar panels that provide approximately 15% of the winery’s annual energy needs.
The positive environmental impact of the winery’s green power use is equivalent to:
- removing 172 cars from the road for a year, or
- planting 242 acres of trees, or
- not driving a passenger vehicle 2,171,450 miles.
By using 100% renewable green energy the winery is reducing its carbon footprint, investing in the development of alternative energy generation and reducing demand for power from conventional power plants, most of which are powered by coal. Burning coal is the single largest source of air pollution in the US and contributes to smog, soot, acid rain, global warming, and toxic air emission. Green power, such as wind, has none of these effects.
“We view our onsite mitigation and being carbon neutral as part of our continuous improvement culture and an important step toward our goal of true, long term sustainability,” says Partner Tom Thornhill. From the vine to the glass, Parducci is committed to eco-friendly practices that sustain the land, the community, and our wines.
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Photo Credits: Paige Green & Tim Thornhill
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Learn More About Green Power...
How does electricity affect the environment?
"Using fossil fuels—coal, oil and natural gas—to make electricity dirties the nation's air, consumes and pollutes water, hurts plants and animal life, creates toxic wastes, and causes global warming...
Electricity production, primarily from burning coal, is the source of most emissions of sulfur oxides (SOx) ... These chemicals are the main cause of acid rain, which can make lakes and rivers too acidic for plant and animal life. Acid rain also damages crops and buildings...
Burning fossil fuels either to produce electricity or to power transportation emits nitrogen oxides (NOx) into the air. In the presence of sunlight, nitrogen oxides combine with other chemicals to form ground-level ozone (smog). Both nitrogen oxides and ozone can irritate the lungs, cause bronchitis and pneumonia, and decrease resistance to respiratory infections...