P&G to Run on 100% Wind Power
Procter & Gamble (P&G) announces plans to meet its electricity demands by using 100 percent wind power to make fabric and home care brands, such as Tide and Dawn. This is possible thanks to a new partnership with EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) which will see a new Texas based wind farm generate 370,000 MWh of electricity each year. The wind farm is expected to be fully operational in December 2016.
The partnership was announced at the White House, as P&G became a signatory of the ‘American Business Act on Climate Pledge.’ As part of the pledge, P&G agreed to achieve 30 percent renewable energy to power its plants globally by 2020, with a long term vision to use 100 percent renewable energy. This comes on the heels of a September announcement where P&G committed to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020.
One of the key actions on the journey to rely more on renewable energy is to partner with EDF RE to build a wind farm in Cooke County, Texas. This will generate 370,000 MWh of electricity per year – enough to meet electricity demands for all of P&G’s North American Fabric & Home Care plants, where brands such as Tide, Gain, Downy, Dawn, Cascade, Febreze, and Mr. Clean are produced.
The amount of power generated from the partnership will be equivalent to avoiding more than 200,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. This equals one percent of the national annual reduction target for electricity emissions called for in the White House Clean Power Plan.
The electricity consumption of the plants makes up about half of their total energy consumption. The electricity will be exclusively generated by wind power. The plants will also continue to use natural gas for process heating and comfort heating during winter.
The partnership was announced at the White House, as P&G became a signatory of the ‘American Business Act on Climate Pledge.’ As part of the pledge, P&G agreed to achieve 30 percent renewable energy to power its plants globally by 2020, with a long term vision to use 100 percent renewable energy. This comes on the heels of a September announcement where P&G committed to reduce absolute greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020.
One of the key actions on the journey to rely more on renewable energy is to partner with EDF RE to build a wind farm in Cooke County, Texas. This will generate 370,000 MWh of electricity per year – enough to meet electricity demands for all of P&G’s North American Fabric & Home Care plants, where brands such as Tide, Gain, Downy, Dawn, Cascade, Febreze, and Mr. Clean are produced.
The amount of power generated from the partnership will be equivalent to avoiding more than 200,000 metric tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. This equals one percent of the national annual reduction target for electricity emissions called for in the White House Clean Power Plan.
The electricity consumption of the plants makes up about half of their total energy consumption. The electricity will be exclusively generated by wind power. The plants will also continue to use natural gas for process heating and comfort heating during winter.