# Odwalla Installs Natural Fuel Cells at Packaging Plant in California

- Link: https://greenlivingguy.com/2011/03/odwalla-installs-natural-fuel-cells-at-packaging-plant-in-california/
- Published: 2011-03-11T01:38:25-05:00
- Author: greenlivingguy

Now people have even more reasons to feel good about drinking [Odwalla](http://www.Odwalla.com).
With the recently completed installation of five natural gas fuel cells at its juice
packaging plant in Dinuba, California. So drinking Odwalla can make you feel good
about [yourself](https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/Odwalla-Completes-New-Fuel-Cell-Installation-in-Sustainability-Drive.html)
and good about the environment.

Using technology originally developed for NASA, the 500kW Energy Server will cut
the plant’s carbon footprint by an estimated 35 percent. All the while supplying
30 percent of the plant’s energy needs. However, it also represents another 35% 
reduction in Nitrous Oxide and almost a 1,000% reduction in Sulfur Dioxide.  The
use of fuel cell technology is yet another step.

![fuel cell odwala](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/
03/Nori.crop_.figure-1.jpg?resize=400%2C353&quality=52&ssl=1)

All in the natural health beverage company’s commitment to reduce its environmental
footprint. Odwalla announced plans to install the fuel cells from California-based
Bloom Energy last year. In addition, the installation was completed this month.

#### The Odwalla Fuel Cells In Place 

In addition, The Green Living Guy contacted Odwalla to ask why a fuel cell.  Here
was their response for you!

“Reducing our environmental footprint and our dependence on non-renewable resources
is just as important to Odwalla as making great tasting, nourishing beverages,” 
said Alison Lewis, president, Odwalla. “In addition to celebrating the completion
of our fuel cell installation, we’re looking forward to rolling out our innovative
PlantBottle™ packaging and kicking off our annual Plant a Tree program later this
year.”

We’ll have more on their PlantBottle™ but it will NOT dissapoint.

#### **How Does it Work?**

Fuel cell technology can convert air and nearly any fuel source – ranging from natural
gas to a wide range of biogases – into electricity via a clean electrochemical process.
Their primary by-products are water vapor, heat and a small amount of carbon dioxide–
basically what we humans expel when we breathe. The process is so clean it requires
no emission permits.

![Odwalla-001 (1)](https://i0.wp.com/greenlivingguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/
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