SINGAPORE—Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. plans to install renewable energy generating facilities in all of its 11 manufacturing plants in the Philippines, not only to save on operational costs but to also help decrease the country’s dependence on costly fuel imports.
In an interview with reporters here, Gabby R. Gabinete, commercial director at Pepsi Philippines, said these planned biomass facilities would enable it to produce its own electricity to power its bottling plants and to produce steam, among others.
“We consume more than 13 megawatts of power for our bottling plants, more than four million liters of oil to produce steam and wash our bottles and more than four million kilograms of carbon dioxide for our carbonated beverages,” Gabinete explained.
Through “Project Power Play,” Pepsi has established in Muntinlupa City a generating facility using renewable energy sources to help produce steam, thus displacing fuel oil that had been used for the plant.
The other planned biomass facilities, which will produce as much as 15 MW for Pepsi, are expected to be put up over the next three to five years in La Union, Pampanga, Naga, Cebu, Leyte, Bacolod, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
“We want to be the pioneer in the Philippines in developing renewable energy facilities that will directly impact our supply chain infrastructure, and which will result in savings in costs and expenses without incurring any capital investment,” Gabinete said.
In an interview with reporters here, Gabby R. Gabinete, commercial director at Pepsi Philippines, said these planned biomass facilities would enable it to produce its own electricity to power its bottling plants and to produce steam, among others.
“We consume more than 13 megawatts of power for our bottling plants, more than four million liters of oil to produce steam and wash our bottles and more than four million kilograms of carbon dioxide for our carbonated beverages,” Gabinete explained.
Through “Project Power Play,” Pepsi has established in Muntinlupa City a generating facility using renewable energy sources to help produce steam, thus displacing fuel oil that had been used for the plant.
The other planned biomass facilities, which will produce as much as 15 MW for Pepsi, are expected to be put up over the next three to five years in La Union, Pampanga, Naga, Cebu, Leyte, Bacolod, Iloilo, Zamboanga, Davao and Cagayan de Oro.
“We want to be the pioneer in the Philippines in developing renewable energy facilities that will directly impact our supply chain infrastructure, and which will result in savings in costs and expenses without incurring any capital investment,” Gabinete said.
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