BP Alternative Energy
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BP was one of the first major energy companies to publicly acknowledge the need to reduce carbon emissions.
Wind power has the potential to make a major difference in addressing climate change. We estimate that if 10% of the world’s power came from wind, it would cut CO2 emissions by one billion tonnes a year
We already operate two wind farms in the Netherlands and now have a number of other projects in development. In the US, we have bought leading wind power developers Greenlight Energy and Orion Energy, and formed a strategic alliance with Clipper Windpower to jointly develop wind projects in the US. We now have interests in a land bank of development projects with a potential total generating capacity of some in excess of 15,000MW, one of the largest US wind power portfolios.
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