Powered by Partnership: Procter & Gamble and Constellation Complete 50-Megawatt Renewable Energy Plant
Scrap wood used to create renewable steam for one of P&G’s largest
paper manufacturing facilities
ALBANY, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–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.
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.
Contacts
Constellation
Kelly Biemer, 410-470-9700
or
Procter &
Gamble
Julie deSylva, 513-780-0006
