Vail lifts profile of wind energy

Resorts will be state’s top buyer. The company says it will pay for the amount of wind power it would need to run all its sites for a year.

Ski industry giant Vail Resorts Inc. announced plans Tuesday to offset 100 percent of its energy use with wind power, starting immediately.

The company said it would purchase 152,000 megawatt hours of wind energy each year to power its five mountain resorts, numerous lodging properties and retail outlets, as well as its new corporate headquarters in Broomfield.

That makes Vail Resorts the second-largest corporate purchaser of wind power in the nation, behind Whole Foods Market, and the largest purchaser of wind power in the state.

By Julie Dunn
Denver Post Staff Writer

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