Coke Going Green Acknowledged by EPA

Aug. 2, 2012– Coca-Cola Refreshments earned the No. 3 spot on the US EPA’s  list of the largest on-site green power generators.  EPA’s Green Power Partnership includes more than 1,300 organizations recognized for their support of alternative energy to reduce their environmental impacts. A key factor in Coca-Cola Refreshments’ high ranking is the recent installation of a landfill-gas-to-energy system at one of its Atlanta facilities. The system supplies most of the facility’s energy needs, including electricity, steam and chilled water. It is one of the largest biogas projects of its kind in the USA. The use of bio-fuels, fuel cells and solar panels to provide alternative energy at other facilities also contributed to the recognition.
“The EPA applauds Coca-Cola Refreshments as a leader in using green power,” said Blaine Collison,
Director of EPA’s Green Power Partnership. “Coca-Cola was named a Top Partner due to the company’s commitment to reducing its carbon footprint through on-site renewable energy generation.”  The system at the Atlanta plant generates at least 48 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of on-site biomass energy annually.

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