solar powered | Refrigerated & Frozen Foods

Danfoss to Power All North America Facilities with Solar Energy by 2025

May 16, 2023

Danfoss is committed to become carbon neutral in its global operations (scope 1 & 2) by 2030.

McDonald’s to implement solar, wind energy to power restaurants

This investment means McDonald’s is said to add more renewable energy to the power supply than any other U.S. restaurant company to date.

November 7, 2019

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

Unilever achieves 100% renewable electricity across five continents

Unilever’s achievement is a significant step toward its target to become a carbon neutral company before 2030.

September 17, 2019

Unilever, London, announced today that its factories, offices, R&D facilities, data centers, warehouses and distribution centers across five continents are now powered by 100% renewable-grid electricity.

Tyson Foods Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center

Tyson Foods, Auburn University to build first stand-alone solar-powered poultry house

The data and insights gleaned from this project will help in identifying sustainable practices and new forms of energy for the poultry industry at large.

June 6, 2019

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., partnered with Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center (NPTC) to open what is said to be the largest stand-alone solar-powered poultry house to be operated completely off the grid.

Tetra Pak achieves 50% renewable electricity consumption

Tetra Pak’s factories in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and South Africa use electricity from 100% renewable sources.

July 11, 2018

Tetra Pak, Vernon Hills, Ill., now obtains half of its global electricity supply from renewable sources, putting the company on course to meet its RE100 commitment of using only renewable electricity across all global operations by 2030.

Solect Energy launches energy storage division

In launching the new division, Solect signed an agreement with NEC Energy Solutions.

November 28, 2017

Solect Energy, a Hopkinton, Mass.-based commercial-scale developer of solar energy systems, announced plans to launch an energy storage division.

Challenge Dairy Products Refrigeration Truck

Challenge Dairy delivers products in solar-powered transport refrigeration unit

This new technology utilizes the power of the sun to cool moderate refrigerated items such as dairy and produce during transport.

October 17, 2017

Challenge Dairy Products Inc., a Dublin, Calif.-based dairy foodservice producer, is said to be the first to deliver products via a solar-powered, zero-emissions, commercial-use transport refrigeration unit (TRU), powered by Rayfrigeration, Dublin, Calif.

Scalable solar energy storage system

May 26, 2016

concept by US corp., Pompano Beach, Fla., introduced what is said to be the first on-the-market, complete and fully integrated UL-certified scalable solar energy storage system with built-in battery storage.

Remote Solar Power Solutions

April 9, 2015

AvaLAN Wireless, Madison, Ala., celebrates the Internet of Things (IoT) Day with the launch of new remote solar power kits, designed for applications where power is needed but unavailable.

U.S. Cold Storage to Install Solar Array in North Carolina Refrigerated Warehouse

March 17, 2015

United States Cold Storage (USCS), Voorhees, N.J., announced plans to install a 2.7 megawatt ground-based solar array at its Lumberton, N.C., refrigerated warehouse.