Now people have even more reasons to feel good about drinking Odwalla. 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 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. 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.