Boeing will be one of several companies to receive power from SRP\u2019s soon-to-be-built 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic plant in Eloy, Arizona. Boeing\u2019s Mesa site will receive about 25% of its electricity needs from this plant over the next 15 years. This supports the company\u2019s overall goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 25% by 2025, and ultimately power operations with 100% renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt makes sense to take advantage of renewable solar energy at a location that enjoys 295 days of sunshine a year,\u201d said Beth Schryer, Boeing vice president of Facilities & Asset Management. \u201cThis will help offset the same amount of energy equivalent to that used in one year by 670 average U.S. homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SRP\u2019s 700-acre Eloy plant is expected to begin operation in December 2021. Located approximately 50 miles from the plant is Boeing\u2019s Mesa site. The Mesa site produces Apache helicopters and houses various corporate, commercial and defense teams in more than 40 buildings. Boeing employs more than 4,600 people in Arizona, with most based in Mesa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBoeing\u2019s longstanding vision of improving the environment and reducing carbon emissions is a natural fit for the SRP Sustainable Energy Offering,\u201d said Jim Pratt, SRP Associate General Manager and Chief Customer Executive. \u201cWe appreciate customers like Boeing working with us on this collaborative initiative to invest in renewable energy that not only helps them achieve their aerospace industry sustainability goals, but does so at an affordable cost.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This agreement expands Boeing\u2019s leadership in the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Two Boeing sites \u2013 Renton, Washington, and Charleston, South Carolina \u2013 use 100% renewable energy today. The company is also ranked 17th<\/sup>\u00a0on the EPA\u2019s\u00a0Green Power Partnership Fortune 500\u00ae Partners List, and has been named an\u00a0EPA ENERGY STAR\u00ae Partner of the Year\u00a0for 10 years running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boeing is the world\u2019s largest aerospace company and leading provider of commercial airplanes, defense, space and security systems, and global services. As a top U.S. exporter, the company supports commercial and government customers in more than 150 countries. Boeing employs more than 160,000 people worldwide and leverages the talents of a global supplier base. Building on a legacy of aerospace leadership, Boeing continues to lead in technology and innovation, deliver for its customers and invest in its people and future growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Salt River Project (SRP) utility have signed a multi-year agreement to power Boeing\u2019s Mesa site with renewable solar energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10172,4510,89,5804,799,5637,8222,1836,5992,5670,5878,2203,4957,10194,4059,3680,5676,8651,10674,5446,10169,10176,1397,10195,10171,868],"tags":[7198,167,1697,9535,350,5434,160,41,3427,3568,3289,1563,2830,1268,12429,4751,3739,1661,4414,1915,9095,1371,1681,2077,2353,412,2603,12427,1247,5289,3234,7863,5136,7384,3877,4471,4795,1651,2998,987,8964,2160,4273,3494,1993,937,12428,1149,6485,1691,1658,3027,1013],"class_list":["post-8619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aerospace","category-aerospace-news","category-aviation-news","category-avionics","category-boeing-news","category-business-news","category-consumer-news","category-defense-news","category-economic-news","category-economy-news","category-environmental-news","category-finance-news","category-global-politics","category-green","category-green-energy-news","category-helicopter-news","category-international-news","category-joint-venture-news","category-military","category-military-news","category-news","category-stock-news-2","category-stock-news","category-transport","category-transportation","category-transportation-news","tag-7198","tag-aerospace","tag-agreement","tag-apache","tag-arizona","tag-asset","tag-aviation","tag-boeing","tag-carbon","tag-carolina","tag-charleston","tag-commercial","tag-companies","tag-defense","tag-eloy","tag-emission","tag-emissions","tag-energy","tag-facilities","tag-global","tag-goals","tag-helicopters","tag-industry","tag-management","tag-mesa","tag-news","tag-open","tag-photovoltaic","tag-plant","tag-produces","tag-project","tag-reducing","tag-reduction","tag-renewable","tag-renton","tag-river","tag-salt","tag-scheduled","tag-security","tag-services","tag-several","tag-sign","tag-site","tag-solar","tag-south","tag-space","tag-srp","tag-systems","tag-teams","tag-transport","tag-transportation","tag-utility","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8621,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8619\/revisions\/8621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4f6bab64aebb9.image_.jpg\")
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