McDonald’s and its North American Logistics Council have signed agreements to purchase renewable energy from Enel North America’s solar project in Grimes County, Texas. As part of the agreement, McDonald’s logistics partners – Armada, Earp Distribution, Martin Brower, Mile Hi Foods and The Anderson-DuBose Company – will purchase solar power from Enel North America’s Blue Jay solar project.
The purchase amount is estimated to be 470,000 megawatt hours of solar power per year, or enough to power over 900 McDonald’s restaurants and save 170,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The Blue Jay solar project is expected to be fully operational in 2023 and would support McDonald’s entire logistics supply chain, including warehouses and distribution centers.
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