McCain Foods presents Australia’s largest ‘behind-the-meter’ renewable energy system

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McCain Foods Australia has announced that it has commenced construction on a renewable energy system that will reduce emissions from its food processing facility in Ballarat. The reduction will exceed 27,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. As reported by potatonewstoday.com, the project, which will house…

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