The Climate Registry and San Diego Gas & Electric Recognize Solar Turbines as an Environmental Leader
Leading manufacturer of industrial gas turbines participates in SDG&E's Cool Planet Program
SAN DIEGO - November 8, 2011 - Headquartered in San Diego, California, Solar Turbines Incorporated (Solar Turbines) leads the way in managing its energy and water consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and waste, earning it recognition as an environmental leader under the Cool Planet Project sponsored by The Climate Registry and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).
Working with SDG&E, Solar Turbines recently retrofitted its San Diego facilities with new air compressors, efficient motors, and lighting upgrades, to save over 700,000 kWh annually. These energy savings equate to 500 MT of avoided carbon emissions - equivalent to removing 100 passenger cars from the road - and qualify Solar Turbines to participate in the Cool Planet Project, SDG&E's energy efficiency and climate mitigation program.
"With SDG&E's help, these facility upgrades not only reduce our operating costs, but minimize our overall environmental impact," said Craig Anderson Solar Turbines, EHS Manager. "Cool Planet participation has proven valuable to our mission of measuring, managing, and reducing our energy and carbon emissions, better positioning us for success."
The Cool Planet Project is available to SDG&E business customers who install significant energy efficiency projects, and provides them assistance and recognition for measuring and managing their associated carbon emissions through The Climate Registry's voluntary GHG reporting program.
"SDG&E is committed to promoting energy efficiency as a key component of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping our customers reach their energy goals," said Ted Reguly, director of customer programs for SDG&E. "We are proud to join The Climate Registry in recognizing the significant energy and carbon reductions achieved by Solar Turbines."
Solar Turbines' environmental efforts include voluntarily tracking performance metrics for its energy use, greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), waste recycling, and water usage. Beyond measuring such resources, Solar Turbines is on track to meet its reduction targets, including a ZERO waste-to-landfill target by the year 2020. To help meet its GHG reductions targets, Solar Turbines has implemented a fuel reduction project for streamlining production testing of its turbine engines. In addition, Solar Turbines' products are helping customers reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions all around the world. Solar Turbines is also committed to continued technological advancements in its products that are designed to further improve fuel efficiency, increase the use of renewable fuels, and reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and particulate matter.
About Solar Turbines Incorporated
Solar Turbines is a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., and is a leading supplier of mid-range industrial gas turbine power systems. It employs over 7000 employees globally, approximately 3,800 of which are based in San Diego. Its products are designed, manufactured and tested in San Diego. With over 13,900 units installed in 98 countries worldwide, Solar Turbines is a leading California exporter. www.solarturbines.com
About The Climate Registry
A North American non-profit, The Climate Registry assists its member organizations in measuring, managing and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions in an accurate and transparent manner consistent across industry sectors and borders. www.theclimateregistry.org
About San Diego Gas & Electric
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy service to 3.5 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more than 850,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. The utility's area spans 4,100 square miles. SDG&E is committed to creating ways to help our customers save energy and money every day. SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San Diego. www.sdge.com
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