McDonald’s & U.S. logistics partners sign renewable electricity agreement

McDonald’s and all five members of the restaurant chain’s North American Logistics Council – NALC: Armada, Earp Distribution, Martin Brower, Mile Hi Foods and The Anderson-DuBose Company – have signed agreements with Enel North America to purchase renewable energy and the associated renewable energy certificates from Enel Green Power’s Blue Jay solar project in Grimes County, Texas. This aggregation means the electricity load of McDonald’s USA’s entire logistics supply chain for all its U.S. restaurants is expected to be 100% supported by renewable energy. The Blue Jay solar project is expected to be fully operational in 2023. Once complete, McDonald’s and its suppliers’ combined electricity purchase is expected to amount to an estimated average of over 470,000 MWh of renewable energy annually. Approximately 275 jobs have been created during the construction phase and the project is expected to generate more than $41M in new tax revenue over its operating life for state taxing entities. The Blue Jay project also includes an 88.2 MWh battery energy storage system, which will help support the reliability of the local energy grid.