“The point of is to capture the expressed interest of businesses and organizations like Western to buy renewable energy. When Lund Hill Solar is finished, “In total, will have, I should say, 287 MW of new renewable energy capacity installed in Washington state to meet the demands of these 41 green direct customers,” Mulligan said. Once completed, the port will receive energy from Lund Hill as well, Hegedus said.Īccording to the port’s press release, Green Direct serves 41 customers, including Western, the City of Bellingham, the Port of Seattle, Target, REI and Starbucks. With 38 wind turbines, Skookumchuck is the first large-scale wind project to be built in Western Washington, Mulligan said.Ī second facility, the 150 MW Lund Hill Solar, will also provide wind and solar energy and is currently under construction. The wind farm is capable of producing power for the equivalent of 30,000 homes per year - equivalent to 83% of the households in Bellingham, said Heather Mulligan, the manager of Customer Renewable Energy Programs at PSE. Western Washington University is part of the program as well and has been receiving energy from Skookumchuck since December 2020. The wind facility is partly funded by Green Direct’s customers. The energy comes from the Skookumchuck Wind Facility, a 137 MW wind farm that sells their energy to PSE and is located between Lewis county and Thurston county. Most commercial tenants on the port’s property manage their own bills and are not included in the port’s emission data, said Michael Shepard, the Port of Bellingham Commissioner. The green energy will fuel 100% of the port-owned buildings - such as offices, the cruise terminal, the shipping terminal, and operations throughout port properties. According to, a MWh is equal to the amount of electricity used by about 330 homes in an hour.
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A Megawatt-hour is the amount of electricity generated by a one-megawatt electric generator in an hour. The 86% reduction would bring the emissions to 798 metric tons of CO2.Īdrienne Hegedus, the port’s sustainability program manager, said the port expects to consume 7,770 Megawatt-hours in a year. This amount is equivalent to 1,237 passenger vehicles driven in a year, according to the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. The port’s emissions are projected to decrease significantly compared to the 5,687 metric tons of greenhouse gases released in 2019 alone, according to data provided by Hegedus. Under the Green Direct program, PSE sells renewable energy purchased from green energy developers to corporations and municipal governments, which the port signed in 2018. In March, the port began receiving 100% renewable energy after undergoing the contract, according to the port’s press release. The Port of Bellingham is reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 86% after signing an 18-year-contract with Puget Sound Energy, according to a press release from the port. Skookumchuck can produce 137 megawatts of wind energy and is the first large-scale wind project to be built in western Wash. A view of the Skookumchuck Wind project in Lewis County, Wash.