Food and beverage processors take two approaches to alternative energy
Industry explores new ways to decrease energy usage
Food and beverage companies have been taking action to decrease their energy usage footprints in several ways. They can be active or passive in nature. For example, an active method is using waste products to generate biogas on site—or, passive, purchasing alternate energy, such as solar, thereby supporting new energy firms and their generation facilities, which use renewable energy sources instead of fossil-based fuels.
McCormick & Company and PepsiCo will be purchasing energy through Constellation, an Exelon company, which has agreed to purchase power and project-specific renewable energy certificates equal to a 140 MW section of the Big Star solar project, currently under development in Bastrop County, Texas. When finished in the second quarter of 2022, the solar facility will generate 200 MW or more.