The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) recognized four leading organizations and one individual today for their efforts in the renewable energy market. CRS honors renewable energy leaders through three awards: the Green Power Pioneer Award (which recognizes individual achievements), the Green Power Pilot Award (for outreach efforts meant to increase interest in renewable power), and the Green Power Beacon Award (which honors innovative marketing campaigns for renewable energy projects).

The winner of this year's Green Power Beacon Award is Portland General Electric, for its launch of GreenPowerOregon.com. Detroit Edison also received an honorable mention in this category for its GreenCurrents Ark promotion.

This year's Green Power Pilot Award went to the Energy Action Coalition for its Campus Climate Change. An honorable mention was awarded to Green Mountain Energy Company for its Hispanic marketing campaign.

Dr. Jan Hamrin, the founder of CRS, received the Green Power Pioneer Award.

Along with CRS, the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency co-sponsor the Green Power Leadership Awards. The EPA augments the awards with the EPA Purchaser Awards, while the DOE also offers the Green Power Supplier Awards. With its Purchaser Awards, the EPA recognizes 16 leading green power purchasers in three categories: Green Power Partner of the Year, On-Site Generation and Green Power Purchasing. With the Green Power Supplier Awards, the DOE recognizes four organizations in three categories: New Green Power Program or Company, Small Residential/Commercial/ Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year, Large Commercial/Institutional Green Power Program or Supplier of the Year.

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