Stop & Shop opens state-of-the-art green energy facility
This innovative facility will convert inedible food from the retailer’s New England stores into energy to help power its distribution center in Freetown.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC, Quincy, Mass., opened the doors to its green energy facility in Freetown, Mass. This innovative facility will convert inedible food from the retailer’s New England stores into energy to help power its distribution center in Freetown.
The facility is expected to process an average of 95 tons of inedible food per day, an estimated 34,000 tons per year. As the food breaks down, it produces gas that fuels a generator that in turn generates electricity. The energy produced by the 12,000-square-foot facility will provide up to 40% of the 1.1 million-square-foot Freetown distribution center's energy needs, enough power to operate the facility for four months out of the year. Once fully operational, the facility will create approximately 1.25 megawatts of clean electricity.