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Maverick Creek, a 50,000-acre wind farm in Eden, Texas that is owned and operated by Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp., is now powering the production of many essential products like Cottonelle®, Viva®, Scott® and Kleenex® with more than 670,000 megawatt hours of renewable energy annually. The new wind farm also reduces Kimberly-Clark’s greenhouse gas emissions by more than 300,000 MTCO2e, which is equivalent to emissions from more than 71,000 passenger vehicles driven for one year.
Investing in renewable energy is a crucial part of Kimberly-Clark’s commitment to consumers to help protect the planet, and wind energy is one way Kimberly-Clark is getting closer to reaching its 2030 goal of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 + 2) by 50%. With Maverick Creek up-and-running, products like Cottonelle®, Viva®, Scott® and Kleenex® are proud to claim:
Texas offered the brightest spot in wind energy in 2020, a year that experts say was the strongest ever for growth in the industry.
Developers built nearly 17,000 megawatts of capacity in the last year enough enough to power more than 5 million American homes. That s according to a report released Thursday by the American Clean Power Association.
Most of the growth came in the fourth quarter, when developers commissioned 10,593 MW of capacity. Roughly one fifth of the power generated during that quarter 2,197 MW came from Texas.
“2020 was a banner year for the wind industry,” said Heather Zichal, president/CEO of American Clean Power, formerly the American Wind Energy Association. “Despite all the challenges COVID-19 placed on our businesses, we still shattered nearly every record for capacity and growth. The fourth quarter was not only the strongest quarter on record, but it also saw more wind installed in just that quarter than in any full year except 2012