The cereals produced by will be increasingly green Kellogg, the multinational producer of the famous corn flakes that millions of people around the world choose for breakfast. The US company has in fact closed an important agreement with Enel Green Power North America, Enel's renewables subsidiary in the United States, to purchase 360 GWh of electricity fed into the grid each year from the Azure Sky wind project, equal to 50 percent of the volume of energy used by Kellogg Company's North American generation facilities. Azure Sky is Enel's first large-scale project that combines wind and battery storage, and is the largest hybrid plant of the Italian group globally.
Its construction has been launched - the plant is located in Throckmorton County, Texas, and will be able to produce 350 MW of wind energy, to which will add 137 MW of storage. Part of this clean energy produced will therefore be destined for the giant of cereals, snacks and biscuits, which will thus cover the half of its energy needs. To give a parameter, the 360 GWh annually sold to Kellogg is equivalent to the electricity needed to power more than 43 homes annually in North America, and it is estimated that it will help avoid CO2 emissions of over 250 tons each year, which in turn to the amount of carbon absorbed annually by 330 acres of US forests, an area larger than that of Rocky Mountain National Park.
In general, the 79 wind turbines of the Azure Sky project are expected to generate more than 1.300 GWh each year, which will be placed on the grid and will charge the battery inside the same plant. Enel estimates that the electricity generated annually by the Azure Sky project is equivalent to avoiding more than 842 thousand tons of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere each year. The battery storage system will be able to accumulate the energy generated by the wind turbines, while providing services aimed at increasing the flexibility of the grid. When it reaches approximately 137 MW, the system will be one of the largest battery storage facilities in the world.
“Azure Sky – commented Salvatore Bernabei, CEO of Enel Green Power and Head of Enel's Global Power Generation business line – is our first large-scale project that combines wind and storage and it is our largest hybrid plant globally. This project proves Enel's ongoing commitment to lead the energy transition towards an electricity grid powered by 100% renewable sources. A transition supported and accelerated by commercial clients, such as Kellogg Company, who have put sustainability at the heart of their business.”
