Powered by Partnership: Procter & Gamble and Constellation Complete 50-Megawatt Renewable Energy Plant
September 26 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Scrap wood used to create renewable steam
for one of P&G’s largest paper manufacturing facilities
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) and Constellation, a
subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), today announced the
completion of a 50-megawatt biomass-fueled combined heat and power
plant located at one of P&G’s largest U.S. facilities.
Constellation owns and operates the plant, which supplies steam to
P&G’s Albany, GA paper manufacturing facility and generates
electricity for the local utility, Georgia Power. Additionally,
steam from the plant will be used to power an 8.5-megawatt
steam-to-electricity generator at the Marine Corps Logistics Base
in Albany, helping the base increase its energy security and
utilize renewable sources to meet energy demands.
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P&G has made a commitment to reduce energy consumption and
obtain 30 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. The
biomass-fueled plant provides P&G with 100 percent of the steam
energy used to manufacture Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet
tissue at that location. Along with P&G’s recent wind energy
project in Texas, this plant nearly doubles the Company’s use of
renewable energy. Together, these renewable projects get P&G
nearly two-thirds of the way to its goal.
“By powering our Bounty and Charmin plant with renewable energy,
consumers can feel good about putting these products in their
carts,” said Stefano Zenezini, P&G Vice President Product
Supply and Sustainability. “We are using our innovative
capabilities and those of our external partners to drive meaningful
change that is good for the environment and good for business.”
The plant’s fuel supply will come from locally abundant biomass
that would otherwise have been left to decay, burned, or
potentially sent to landfill, including discarded tree tops, limbs,
branches and scrap wood from local forestry operations, crop
residuals, such as pecan shells and peanut hulls, and mill waste,
such as sawdust. For more about the process, check out this
video.
“Constellation is proud to support P&G, Georgia Power and
the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany toward achieving their
renewable energy objectives,” said Gary Fromer, Constellation
Senior Vice President of Distributed Energy. “Increasingly,
customers and communities are looking to alternatives that provide
greater flexibility in managing energy costs, improving reliability
and achieving environmental objectives.”
Georgia Power’s purchase of energy from Constellation is part of
its multifaceted strategy to encourage and cultivate renewable
energy sources in Georgia and was made possible under a program
co-developed with, and approved by, the Georgia Public Service
Commission.
“We are proud to work with our customers, including leading
Georgia businesses such as Procter & Gamble, to use innovative
approaches to grow renewable resources," said Wilson Mallard,
director of renewable development for Georgia Power. "This Albany
biomass project brings many benefits for our state and nation, and
we expect it will contribute to our state's diverse energy
resources for years to come."
The plant’s development and construction also included
collaboration with the Albany-Dougherty Economic Development
Commission, local city, county and state leaders, and energy
companies. DCO Energy, which provided engineering, procurement and
construction services, holds a small stake in the plant.
Constellation’s affiliate, Exelon Generation, operates and
maintains the plant, employing approximately 35 people.
About Procter & Gamble
P&G serves consumers around the world with one of the
strongest portfolios of trusted, quality, leadership brands,
including Always®, Ambi Pur®, Ariel®, Bounty®, Charmin®, Crest®,
Dawn®, Downy®, Fairy®, Febreze®, Gain®, Gillette®, Head &
Shoulders®, Lenor®, Olay®, Oral-B®, Pampers®, Pantene®, SK-II®,
Tide®, Vicks®, and Whisper®. The P&G community includes
operations in approximately 70 countries worldwide. Please
visit http://www.pg.com for the latest news and information
about P&G and its brands. To learn more about P&G’s
sustainability goals visit: http://www.pg.com/sustainability.
About Constellation
Constellation is a leading competitive retail supplier of power,
natural gas and energy products and services for homes and
businesses across the continental United States. Constellation's
family of retail businesses serves more than 2.2 million
residential, public sector and business customers, including more
than two-thirds of the Fortune 100. Baltimore-based Constellation
is a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s
leading competitive energy provider, with 2016 revenues of
approximately $31.4 billion, and more than 35,500 megawatts of
owned capacity comprising one of the nation’s cleanest and
lowest-cost power generation fleets. Learn more at
www.constellation.com or on Twitter at @ConstellationEG.
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