HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Mar. 26, 2024) – The Heinz Pickle Plant in Holland is in line for some renovations, thanks to federal money.
The US Department of Energy announced on Monday that the West 16th Street facility, which has primarily handled processing of pickles for 137 years, will share in a nearly $171 million Delicious Decarbonization Through Integrated Electification and Energy Storage grant that aims to reduce annual emissions by more than 99 percent. The money will go towards installing heat pumps, electric heaters and boilers, anaerobic digestors, biogas boilers, and solar thermal, photovoltaic and thermal energy storage at the 10 plants in the program, creating an estimated 500 construction jobs during the installation process.
“The infrastructure changes made at these 10 plants will allow us to replicate successful technologies and processes across our remaining U.S. plants and globally, making us more efficient as we continue to make upgrades to more locations. I’m proud of the impact this project and award will have on our facilities, but also on our current and future workforce and the communities that surround our operations.” – Helen Davis, SVP and Head of North America Operations at Kraft Heinz
Company officials say that significant benefits from these improvements should be seen by 2030.
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