About us Nestlé has installed a solar power system to supply the plant located in Ferentino, Italy. In it, ice cream of its Coppa del Nonno brand is made.
This system will cover 14% of the factory's energy requirements, which is equivalent to the Energy necessary to supply 750 families.
The new solar energy system will be coupled to a smaller one that was installed in 2009.
This plant is very large as it has 11 production lines and annually produces 26.000 tons of ice cream per year.
This food company is notably improving its energy management using solar energy as a pillar for the use of renewable energy and clean.
Nestlé has been questioned by environmental organizations for its environmental behavior and the way it manages its operations that were of high environmental impact.
The criticisms have evidently worried the company and for some years now they have been trying to reverse the company's not very positive image in environmental matters for another that associates it with sustainability.
El food industry It is one of the areas that most needs to transform its production systems for other more sustainable ones due to the production volumes they handle and therefore the amount of energy and natural resources what they spend
The more efficient the production processes, the more savings will be made not only in electricity, gas, raw materials, but also the fixed costs will drop considerably, which will benefit the finances of the companies.
Solar energy is a very helpful source of energy for generate energy on an industrial scale due to the simplicity of this system.
It is good news that a company like Nestlé chooses to use solar energy for one of its largest factories.
SOURCE: clubdarwin.net