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February 23, 2026
Organizers of the Winter Games made clean energy a priority. Here’s how they did it
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT
Associated Press
Olympic rings are seen near a slope of the Stelvio Ski Center in Bormio, Italy. Organizers of the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics said they powered venues with fully certified renewable electricity, mainly by buying energy certificates.
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of the electricity would be clean.
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