Bacardi to use wind power at Puerto Rico distillery
BY ELAINE WALKER
EWALKER@MIAMIHERALD.COM
Bacardi is harnessing the power of the wind to help run its distillery in Puerto Rico.
Bacardi Corporation on Tuesday unveiled the largest wind turbine installation in Puerto Rico, which will provide between three and seven percent of the power used by Bacardi at the distillery near San Juan.
The two turbines are owned by Cataño-based Aspenall Energies, which will sell the electricity to Bacardi. The turbines will produce about 1,000,000 kWh of electricity per year, roughly enough to offset the consumption of electricity by the tourism-related activities at the Casa Bacardi Visitor Center.
“While many know Bacardi for great rums and cocktails, Bacardi also has been a leader in corporate responsibility and environmental progress,” said Joaquin Bacardi, president and chief executive of Bacardi Corp., the Puerto Rican-based company that is part of Bacardi Ltd. “We’re always looking for ways to help the environment and reduce our carbon footprint.”
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Puerto Rican business weekly Caribbean Business covered the announcement. Read more on: http://www.caribbeanbusinesspr.com/archives/ArcDetail2.php?archID=31883&NAME=bacardi