Dive summary:
- Ponte Verde Beach, Fla., renewable energy developer Mas Energy will supply electricity, steam and chilled water to a nearby Coca-Cola plant from its newly developed trigeneration landfill gas to energy system, the first of its kind in the U.S.
- The completion of the project will move Coca-Cola up to third place on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) list of the largest on-site green power generators.
- The new system will annually generate at least 48 million kWh of on-site biomass energy, reducing Coca-Colas carbon footprint by approximately 20,400 tons.
From the article:
Ponte Verde Beach, Florida based renewable energy developer, Mas Energy has developed the first trigeneration landfill gas to energy system in the U.S., which supplies electricity, steam and chilled water in Atlanta.
The company said that the combination of power, heat and cooling supplied by the facility satisfy almost the entire energy demand of a nearby beverage processing facility. …