March 10, 2003—White Wave, America’s largest soy-based foods manufacturer, recently announced that it will replace the electrical power used in all of its operations with wind energy. This makes White Wave the largest US company to replace all of its manufacturing and operations power with wind power.
Beginning in January 2003, White Wave initiated its wind energy support program by purchasing 20 million kilowatt hours of green tags, the industry term for wind power credits. White Wave purchased the green tags for 2003 from two renewable energy suppliers: Renewable Choice Energy and Bonneville Environmental Foundation.
According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, White Wave’s purchase of wind power will save approximately 32 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions each year—equivalent to taking 3,200 cars off the road.
