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Released April 11, 2024 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Multinational dairy company Saputo Incorporated (Montreal, Quebec) has taken a significant step in its goals to reduce the carbon-dioxide intensity of its operations by 20% from 2020 levels by 2025. The company reports that last year, carbon intensity decreased 6% from 2022 and 13% from the 2020 baseline. A new power purchase agreement (PPA) for output from a windfarm in Alberta will push this number even higher.
Earlier this month, Saputo announced it had signed the 15-year virtual PPA with Capital Power Corporation (Edmonton, Alberta) for a portion of the output from the Halkirk 2 Windfarm, being constructed near Halkirk in Alberta. In addition to helping Saputo meet its own emissions goals, the windfarm will help Capital Power meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2045. The power company also has other projects in progress to help facilitate this goal.
The Halkirk 2 Windfarm will boast 35 turbines, each rated at 4.5 megawatts (MW) and providing total generation of more than 150 MW, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Saputo's share of the generation accounts for more than 206,000 megawatt-hours annually and will reduce the dairy company's carbon emissions by more than 140,000 metric tons. The windfarm is set to be completed by the end of this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for more details on the project as well as view April 5, 2024, article - Canada Home to More than $1 Billion in Windfarms Under Construction.
The contract comes as Saputo is underway with projects in California and Wisconsin that will alter its North American operations. In Franklin, Wisconsin, on the southern outskirts of Milwaukee, Saputo is establishing a grassroot cheese-processing plant. The 350,000-square-foot facility is expected to create about 600 jobs for the area, but as Saputo streamlines its operations to the Franklin site, it will close plants in South Dakota and elsewhere in Wisconsin to consolidate to the new site. The new plant is expected to begin operating toward the end of 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Food & Beverage Project Database can click here for more information.
Earlier this year, Saputo began a project that will increase production from its cheese and whey plant in Waupun, Wisconsin, by constructing a new lactose dryer and replacing the filtration systems in existing dryers. Work is expected to be completed in 2026. Saputo also is streamlining operations in California by modernizing a plant in Tulare with an 11,000-square-foot structural addition and adding machinery to convert the plant to string-cheese production. Upon completion, the company will close a site in South Gate, California, and consolidate operations to the expanded Tulare plant. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the Wisconsin and California projects.
Capital Power is taking its own steps to reduce emissions from its operations, and renewable energy is just the start. The company is considering a solar, wind and battery storage project in Oregon for the future, but underway now is the conversion of units 1 and 2 at the company's Genesee Power Station in Warburg, Alberta, from coal to natural gas. The coal-fired units are being replaced by natural gas-fired units in a combined-cycle configuration, adding 512 MW of net power generation to the plant. The two Mitsubishi turbines will be fired with natural gas, but with an eye toward the future, they will be able to be fired with a mixture of up to 40% hydrogen, once the greener fuel becomes more readily available. A third unit at the power plant fires natural gas, and once the conversion of units 1 and 2 is completed, the plant will be entirely coal-free. The new units are expected to begin operating in combined-cycle mode later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
But a shift toward natural gas is only an interim step toward net-zero emissions, and Capital Power seems to realize this as it considers the installation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at the plant in the future. The project is currently undergoing front-end engineering design (FEED) studies. A positive final investment decision on the project, expected this year, could result in the capture of 95%, or 3 million tons per year, of the plant's emissions as soon as 2027. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here to see the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Earlier this month, Saputo announced it had signed the 15-year virtual PPA with Capital Power Corporation (Edmonton, Alberta) for a portion of the output from the Halkirk 2 Windfarm, being constructed near Halkirk in Alberta. In addition to helping Saputo meet its own emissions goals, the windfarm will help Capital Power meet its goal of net-zero emissions by 2045. The power company also has other projects in progress to help facilitate this goal.
The Halkirk 2 Windfarm will boast 35 turbines, each rated at 4.5 megawatts (MW) and providing total generation of more than 150 MW, and is expected to be completed by the end of this year. Saputo's share of the generation accounts for more than 206,000 megawatt-hours annually and will reduce the dairy company's carbon emissions by more than 140,000 metric tons. The windfarm is set to be completed by the end of this year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for more details on the project as well as view April 5, 2024, article - Canada Home to More than $1 Billion in Windfarms Under Construction.
The contract comes as Saputo is underway with projects in California and Wisconsin that will alter its North American operations. In Franklin, Wisconsin, on the southern outskirts of Milwaukee, Saputo is establishing a grassroot cheese-processing plant. The 350,000-square-foot facility is expected to create about 600 jobs for the area, but as Saputo streamlines its operations to the Franklin site, it will close plants in South Dakota and elsewhere in Wisconsin to consolidate to the new site. The new plant is expected to begin operating toward the end of 2025. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Food & Beverage Project Database can click here for more information.
Earlier this year, Saputo began a project that will increase production from its cheese and whey plant in Waupun, Wisconsin, by constructing a new lactose dryer and replacing the filtration systems in existing dryers. Work is expected to be completed in 2026. Saputo also is streamlining operations in California by modernizing a plant in Tulare with an 11,000-square-foot structural addition and adding machinery to convert the plant to string-cheese production. Upon completion, the company will close a site in South Gate, California, and consolidate operations to the expanded Tulare plant. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the reports on the Wisconsin and California projects.
Capital Power is taking its own steps to reduce emissions from its operations, and renewable energy is just the start. The company is considering a solar, wind and battery storage project in Oregon for the future, but underway now is the conversion of units 1 and 2 at the company's Genesee Power Station in Warburg, Alberta, from coal to natural gas. The coal-fired units are being replaced by natural gas-fired units in a combined-cycle configuration, adding 512 MW of net power generation to the plant. The two Mitsubishi turbines will be fired with natural gas, but with an eye toward the future, they will be able to be fired with a mixture of up to 40% hydrogen, once the greener fuel becomes more readily available. A third unit at the power plant fires natural gas, and once the conversion of units 1 and 2 is completed, the plant will be entirely coal-free. The new units are expected to begin operating in combined-cycle mode later this year. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
But a shift toward natural gas is only an interim step toward net-zero emissions, and Capital Power seems to realize this as it considers the installation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) system at the plant in the future. The project is currently undergoing front-end engineering design (FEED) studies. A positive final investment decision on the project, expected this year, could result in the capture of 95%, or 3 million tons per year, of the plant's emissions as soon as 2027. Subscribers can learn more by viewing the project report.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's GMI Database can click here to view reports for all of the projects discussed in this article and click here to see the related plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
