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Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., found a new way to make waffles. That’s because the Eggo bakery in San Jose, Calif., is now home to fuel cell technology.

CDF Corp. is cutting its energy costs with a solar power system from Independence Solar, Cherry Hill, N.J.

Dynamic Energy Solutions, LLC, Wayne, Pa., completed the construction on a 904.2kW solar project for DiCarlo Distributors, Inc., Holtsville, N.Y.

Meijer announced that it operates what is said to be one of the largest all-clean diesel fleets in North America.

Refrigerated & Frozen Foods spoke with Craig Raney, director of marketing, refrigeration for Emerson Climate Technologies, Sidney, Ohio, to find out how today’s electronic expansion valves enable low condensing refrigeration.

Recent advancements of industrial heat pumps—applying developments in high pressure compressor and condenser technologies—have enabled the ability to convert low-grade waste heat from refrigeration to high-grade, high-temperature, usable heat.

AMP Americas, Chicago, signed a deal with dairy cooperatives Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Mo., and Select Milk Producers, Artesia, N.D., to convert a portion of their diesel needs to compressed natural gas.

The Tofurky Co., Hood River, Ore., opened a new LEED Platinum manufacturing plant on the waterfront in Hood River, Ore.

Variable speed drives from Control Techniques, an Eden Prairie, Minn.-based manufacturer of AC and DC variable speed drives, servos and power conversion technologies and division of Emerson Industrial Automation, helped a U.S. foodservice distributor slash energy bills by more than $2,000 a month, reduce downtime and extend equipment life.

One advantage of RFID over other auto ID systems is that multiple, even hundreds, of tags can all be read simultaneously.