Renewable energy

 

Generating more than 10 percent of energy with alternatives to fossil fuels

What do wood chips, sunflower hulls, cacao shells, palm fiber, bagasse (fiber remaining after the juice is extracted from sugarcane stalks), biogas and biodiesel have in common? They are just some of the renewable energy sources now fueling Cargill businesses. Renewable fuels are helping Cargill use energy and resources more wisely, reduce carbon emissions and meet our internal environmental goals. Around the world, we use more than 10 different renewable energy sources. 

Click on the region name to see how Cargill is generating more than 10 percent of its energy from alternatives to fossil fuels.

 

North America

Cargill meat plants in North America reclaim methane from our wastewater lagoons and use the biogas to fuel our plants. Biogas has displaced 20 to 25 percent of natural gas demand at our North American beef processing plants.

Latin America

Green electricity from sources such as hydro or biomass are contracted to supply the soybean crushing plant in Três Lagoas, the Starches & Sweeteners and Cocoa facility in Porto Ferreira and its tomato-processing business.  

Our animal nutrition business in Honduras installed a boiler fueled by sawdust from the local lumber industry. Switching from diesel to sawdust has reduced carbon emissions.

Africa

Cargill’s cocoa plants in Africa generate thermal energy by burning cocoa bean hulls.

Asia

Coconut shells, rice husks and palm seed hulls are used in different ways throughout Asia as clean energy sources.   

Europe

Cargill utilizes numerous clean energy technologies at its facilities in Europe to either expand its use of renewable energy or more efficiently use energy through combined heat-and-power units.