Nestlé California turbines in operation

Two GE wind turbines at Nestle Waters North America bottling plant in Cabazon, California.

Two GE wind turbines at Nestle Waters North America bottling plant in Cabazon, California.

Nestlé has joined a growing number of companies in the US with utility-scale wind turbines generating power for their manufacturing operations, in this case for a water bottling plant in California.

The company’s first global wind energy project utilizes two General Electric 1.6MW turbines that  provide 30% of the electricity used at the Nestlé Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, in southern California..

“Hosting wind turbines at our bottling plants is a critical step for Nestlé Waters to support the increased use of renewable energy,” says Michael Washburn, vice president of sustainability for NWNA.

NWNA chose this location for the turbines because of the high wind resource. The project will save 7,320 tons of CO2 emissions, offsetting the equivalent emissions…

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