The delicious decarbonization through integrated electrification and energy storage project, led by kraft heinz, plans to upgrade, electrify, and decarbonize its process heat at 10 facilities by…

The delicious decarbonization through integrated electrification and energy storage project, led by kraft heinz, plans to upgrade, electrify, and decarbonize its process heat at 10 facilities by applying a range of technologies including heat pumps, electric heaters, and electric boilers in combination with biogas boilers, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, and thermal energy storage. The tailored application of these technologies at each facility expects to reduce annual emissions by more than 300,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, translating to a 99% reduction from 2022 levels. By demonstrating the integration of multiple decarbonization pathways, this project seeks to help a major american brand achieve deep decarbonization and serve as an example for other U.S. Food and beverage companies to reduce emissions from process heat while reducing energy costs. This project expects to create an estimated 500 construction jobs across the 10 sites. Three of the 10 project sites (fremont, OH; holland, MI; and muscatine, IA) currently have unionized labor. All sites have people committees as part of the kraft heinz management system that includes hourly and salaried employee representatives including human resources. An energy champion will join the committee to represent any worker concerns and serve as coordinator between the project team and plant workers. Kraft heinz anticipates the implementation of new technologies would require additional training and skills for employees at each site. Many of the plants have developed partnerships with community schools to further train and develop plant employees.