Nestle turns to wind energy to power Leigh Valley facilities

ALLENTOWN, Pennsylvania: Nestle may be known for things such as bottling water, but now the company is turning its attention to another resource: wind. Using wind energy, that is.

On Tuesday, Nestle — in partnership with EDP Renewables, one of the world’s largest wind energy producers — announced a 15-year power purchase agreement that will provide about 80 percent of the electricity needed for the company’s five facilities in southeastern Pennsylvania. Those facilities are Nestle Waters North America’s two bottling plants in Breinigsville; a roughly 1-million square-foot Nestle USA distribution center, also in Breinigsville; and two Nestle Purina pet food plants — one in South Whitehall Township and another in Mechanicsburg, near Harrisburg.