Eco-friendly Green Web Hosting by wind power at My Computer Chick-She knows IT!

Wind Power

My Computer Chick hosts all of their clients websites in a green data center, and we also offset 100% of our electricity usage with wind power.

How exactly are we carbon neutral?

Most electricity comes from coal or nuclear powered generation – each of which have harmful impacts on our health and the environment. We purchase 100% of our power usage equivalent for our servers and office equipment in wind-powered Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).

Renewable energy certificates (RECs), also known as green certificates, green tags, or tradable renewable certificates, represent the environmental attributes of the power produced from renewable energy projects and are sold separate from commodity electricity or your normal utility bill. Anyone can buy green certificates whether or not they have access to green power through their local utility or a competitive electricity marketer. These certificates can be purchased without having to switch electricity suppliers.

Make no mistake, this is real green power that we are purchasing, certified by Green-E, a national third-party certifying agency.

By purchasing renewable energy certificates, we're not only offsetting our own emissions of harmful pollutants and greenhouse gases, we're participating in a community of responsible businesses and individuals. The income from RECs goes towards either supporting existing wind turbine farms or developing new ones.

Wind Power Location

Our green power is made at the Mountain View Wind facility in San Gorgonio Pass, California. The pass is about 18 miles west of Palm Springs, and is one of the most established wind energy areas in the U.S. The 111-turbine Mountain View Wind Project generates enough energy to server more than 40,000 homes in California.