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'Green' Power Provides Electricity to Caterpillar's Northern Ireland Facilities
PEORIA, Ill., July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In support of strategic
initiatives to use alternative or renewable sources to meet 20 percent of its
energy needs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing facilities by
25 percent by 2020, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) recently transitioned the
power for itsNorthern Ireland facilities to "green" electricity.
As of May of this year, all electric power for the company's FG Wilson
manufacturing plants inNorthern Ireland is supplied by Airtricity, a fully
integrated renewable electricity utility specializing in the development and
long term ownership of onshore and offshore wind farms and selling the
electricity generated.
"Transferring our consumption from traditional energy sources to more
renewable sources is an important step in reaching our 2020 goals and being
recognized as a sustainable company," said Doug Oberhelman, Caterpillar Group
President.
Through the agreement, the facilities will reduce CO2 emissions by
approximately 11,000 tons per year -- the equivalent weight of CO2 produced by
powering 6,000 homes.
"Airtricity supplies FG Wilson with electricity produced by wind farms,"
said Bill Rohner, vice-president of Caterpillar's Electric Power Division.
"Sustainability is a key element of our corporate strategy and switching to
green electricity is central to that. Transferring our NI facilities to wind
generated electricity supplied by Airtricity will facilitate Caterpillar's
2020 goals to utilize renewable energy sources and decrease greenhouse gas
emissions."
This is Caterpillar's first production site to be 100 percent supplied by
renewable electricity.
More information about Caterpillar's 2020 goals and sustainable
development efforts can be found in the company's annual sustainability report
at http://www.cat.com.
About Caterpillar
For more than 80 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making progress possible
and driving positive and sustainable change on every continent. With 2007
sales and revenues of $44.958 billion, Caterpillar is the world's leading
manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas
engines and industrial gas turbines. The company also is a leading services
provider through Caterpillar Financial Services, Caterpillar Remanufacturing
Services, Caterpillar Logistics Services and Progress Rail Services. More
information is available at http://www.cat.com/.
SOURCE Caterpillar Inc.
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