Items Tagged with 'wind farm'

McDonald's, Chicago, announced its commitment to energy efficiency and renewable energy with a large-scale virtual power purchase agreement.

General Mills, Minneapolis, signed a virtual 15-year power purchase agreement with Roaring Fork Wind, LLC, a joint venture partnership between Renewable Energy Systems (RES), UK, and Steelhead Americas, Portland, Ore., for 200 megawatts (MW) of its Maverick Creek wind project.

Taylor Farms, Salinas, Calif., shared its success in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a direct result of its use of innovative renewable and alternative energy sources nationwide.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., announced a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for wind energy.

Enel S.p.A., Rome, Italy, and its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), Andover, Mass., acquired seven fully operational renewable plants totaling 650 MW from Enel Green Power North America Renewable Energy Partners, LLC.

Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed an agreement with United Wind, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based distributed wind energy developer, to power dozens of Smithfield hog farms in Colorado with on-site wind energy.

Mars, Inc., McLean, Va., partnered with Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, New York, to build a new 200MW wind farm that will generate 100% of the electricity needs of Mars’ U.S. operations.

One of Mexico's largest food processors, Mexico City-based Grupo Bimbo, said it has started building a  wind farm large enough to generate 90 megawatts, enough power to supply 100 percent of the electric needs for 65 Bimbo facilities nationwide.