Minnesota's General Mills and Hormel Buy Wind Power to Offset Energy Used to Make Food
By Kristen Painter
May 6, 2019 1:30 PM ET
Originally published by StarTribune
Two of Minnesota’s largest food companies announced new wind power purchase agreements this month, helping offset the energy used to run their vast operations.
General Mills signed a 15-year purchase agreement with Roaring Fork Wind, LLC in Texas. When coupled with its 2017 wind power agreement, the project will offset all of the electricity used at Golden Valley-based food maker’s owned U.S. facilities for the next decade and a half. It’s the company’s second and largest wind-power purchase agreement.
