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Crown to Use Wind Power in 2020 as First Step in Long-Term Renewable Energy Initiative

Company joins RE100 and commits to transition to 100% renewable electricity by 2050.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

As a step toward fulfillment of its pledge to the RE100 initiative, which focuses on accelerating the transition to zero carbon grids at global scale, Crown Holdings, Inc. has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Longroad Energy to utilize wind power in all of its US and Canadian beverage can plants starting on July 1, 2020.    The new program will rely on a wind farm based in Knox County, TX to generate more than 400,000 MWhs of electricity. The renewable power will off...

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