Kraft Mac & Cheese to get a little greener

Thanks to an injection of funds from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstration, the production of  macaroni & cheese and other signature Kraft Heinz products is about to become a lot less polluting.

Kraft Heinz reports that, thanks to the $170 million grant from the Department of Energy, 10 of its facilities will install a range of clean energy technologies aimed at decarbonizing the plants. The investments are expected to reduce overall energy use at the facilities by 23% and eliminate the use of gas, which consists mostly of methane, for all uses except for standby equipment.

“These investments will help Kraft Heinz reduce energy waste and make sure more of their energy comes from renewable sources like the sun,” said Johanna Neumann, senior director of the Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy at Environment America Research & Policy Center.

With the funds, Kraft Heinz plans to install heat pumps, electric heaters, electric boilers, anaerobic digestors, biogas boilers, solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, and thermal energy storage.