General Mills 公司2010年7月23日宣布该公司位于Methuen的大型太阳能光伏屋顶项目竣工完成。该光伏系统将提供工厂仓库约80%的夏季以及40%的其他时节能源需求。
该仓库主要用来制造奶酪，是该公司在美国的唯一一个通过自己的太阳能系统来提供电力的仓库。
在竣工当日，集团举行了庆典活动，员工们和前来庆祝的政府官员们通过吊车被运送到屋顶，实地参观了整个光伏系统。该光伏系统由新能源公司Nexamp设计安装。
23.07.2010: Advancing General Mills’ commitment to renewable energy, the company today announced a major solar energy initiative at its Methuen, Mass., facility. With the installation of solar panels now complete, solar energy is expected to supply nearly 80 percent of the warehouse’s summertime power needs, and 40 percent of its needs the
rest of the year. The site, which produces yogurt, is the company’s first U.S. facility to produce its own electricity via solar energy. Today, at an on-site celebration, employees, government officials saw the solar panels first hand by way of a sky lift, which raised them to the roof for observation. The panels were designed and installed by clean energy company Nexamp. …
Source: General Mills Inc.
