AstraZeneca to build renewable energy plant to power North West sites
14 Dec 2021
British-Swedish
multinational pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca is to build a new renewable
energy plant to provide clean heat and power across UK sites, including two in
the North West.
They
have partnered with Future Biogas to build a renewable energy plant that will
enable AstraZeneca to replace natural gas for heating and cooling at its sites
with biomethane.
The
deal will help the pharmaceutical firm to move closer to its goal of becoming a
zero-carbon business by the end of 2025 and to achieve carbon negative by 2030.
The company will also be transitioning to 100% electric vehicles to achieve
these goals, according to the statement.
The
facility will convert locally grown crops into about 125 GWh of biomethane
capacity, equivalent to the heat required by 9,000 homes.
The
project will also provide additional renewable gas to the UK gas grid.
Juliette
White, Vice President Global SHE & Operations Sustainability at
AstraZeneca, said: “At AstraZeneca, we are committed to operating in a
responsible way that recognises the interconnection between the needs of
patients, society and the limitations of our planet.
“We’re
proud to be working in partnership with innovative organisations like Future
Biogas to enable the sustainable discovery, development and manufacture of
medicines and vaccines. Through such collaborations, we’re making progress on
our ambition to become carbon zero across our operations by end of 2025 and
carbon-negative across our value chain by 2030.”
Reference: https://www.powerengineeringint.com
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