Nestlé will also purchase the renewable energy attributes from the entire output of the solar plant, helping advance the company’s efforts to create a more sustainable future and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across its operations.
“Enel is proud to partner with the world’s largest food and beverage company to enable the addition of new clean power capacity in the United States” said Paolo Romanacci, head of Enel North America’s renewable energy business, Enel Green Power. “Customers of all sizes are seeking clean energy projects to help reduce their emissions and use more renewable energy, whether through PPAs, direct retail electricity purchases, upfront tax equity investments or other tailored agreements. Enel’s flexible portfolio of solutions scale to meet the needs of each customer, leveraging the business demand for clean electricity to build momentum toward a zero-carbon economy. Those solutions are matched with our expansive, modern renewables fleet – projects that generate real value for customers, communities and investors alike.”
In addition to its direct investment, Nestlé will purchase 100 percent of the renewable electricity attributes generated by the project’s energy production, estimated to be an average of 333,000 megawatt hours per year for 15 years. This renewable electricity will help Nestlé reduce carbon emissions in many of its US facilities, where household favorite brands such as DiGiorno pizza, Stouffer’s, Nesquik, Purina Pro Plan pet food and Tidy Cats cat litter are made. The annual carbon emission reduction is expected to be about 126,294 metric tons of CO2, which is equivalent to the emissions of more than 27,200 cars per year. As part of its detailed, timebound Net Zero Roadmap, Nestlé is committed to sourcing 100 percent renewable electricity across its sites globally by 2025.
Kate Short, Chief Procurement Officer, Nestlé North America, added that carbon reduction efforts in the company’s operations are an important part of Nestlé’s journey to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
“We are continuing to accelerate our work to make sure we produce and transport our products in a sustainable way” said Ms Short. “Not only will our investment in Ganado help reduce carbon emissions across our U.S. manufacturing sites, but we’re also proud that it will help expand the availability of renewable energy, adding enough solar electricity to the US grid to power about 24,574 homes each year.”
Enel’s Ganado solar-plus-storage project is expected to become operational in Q2 2023.
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