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Clean Tech: Village Green Energy and Wineries Team Up to Promote Renewables Through Facebook

Posted on August 09, 2008

Four Sonoma and Napa County, California, wineries are trying to power their operations with renewable energy. Now you can help them by loading the Green My Vino application on Facebook. Green My Vino allows Facebook users to promote environmental change in the wine business. The application, developed by Village Green Energy, creates three free gifts in Facebook, representing 1, 5, and 10 minutes of renewable energy.When a user gives the gift, Village Green Energy purchases an equivalent amount of renewable electricity from a wind farm or solar array on the Facebook user's behalf, accordi...

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clean tech , conservancy , renewable , renewable energy , renewable power , solar , wind
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