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Food producer Mars has revealed further steps to decrease its carbon footprint by purchasing electricity from a wind farm in Scotland.
Through a partnership with Eneco UK, the 20-turbine Moy-based wind farm will generate electricity equivalent to what powers Mars' 12 UK sites.
The wind farm, located south of Inverness, has a capacity of 60MW and an annual output of over 125,000 megawatt-hours.
Overall, it generates enough electricity to power on average 34,000 UK homes.
The move is part of Mars' aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate fossil fuel energy use from its global operations by 2040.
Barry Parkin, Chief Sustainability and Health & Wellbeing Officer at Mars, said: "We're proud the brands that we make here will now be manufactured using renewable electricity, and that we are reducing our carbon footprint in the UK and around the world.
"The Moy Wind Farm is part of our innovative and long-term approach to achieving our goal to be a successful and sustainable business for generations to come."
(LM)
