Nigerian Breweries Plc has revealed plans to achieve 70% renewable energy usage by 2030. The news was announced at the official commissioning of the companyâs solar power plant.
The breweryâs managing director, Jordi Borrut Bel, was speaking during the commissioning ceremony of the 663.6kW solar power plant in Ibadan. Bel said the project would reduce the plantâs carbon emission from its Ibadan brewery by 10,000 tonnes over its lifespan.
The company has described the move as part of its contribution to reducing carbon footprints from its production plants across the country.
âWe are brewing a better world by significantly reducing carbon emission from our production sites by 2030,â Bel said. He noted that plans are also underway to expand the project as well as commission other similar solar plants in the companyâs Aba, Enugu and Lagos bottling plants.
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May 8, 2021
From (5th ) right Vice president Western Zone, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) ,Mr Samuel Kolawole; (6th) right, Chairman, Oyo Osun,Ondo ,Ekiti states branch, Mr Lanre Popoola; Executive secretary of the branch, Mr Nanzing Rimdan and other members of the branch during the 50th anniversary of the body held at the Branch s Secretariat in Ibadan on Friday. Photo: Rukiyat Bakare.
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