BACARDÍ, creator of the world’s favorite rum, generates energy with power from the wind. Installed in 2010, two majestic, wind turbines now are a distinct part of the landscape – and the environmental consciousness – at the world’s largest premium rum distillery in Cataño, Puerto Rico, just outside San Juan.
“The wind turbine project is important for both Bacardi and Puerto Rico as it creates renewable energy,” says Magaly Feliciano, Environmental Health & Safety Manager for Bacardi Corporation in Puerto Rico. “The two industrial-scale turbines produce enough energy to power our visitor center, one of San Juan’s top tourist destinations.”
The wind turbines generate approximately 1,000,000 kWh of electricity per year, providing three to seven percent of the power for Bacardi in Puerto Rico. To put these numbers into perspective, that’s enough electricity to run all tourism-related activities at the Casa BACARDÍ Visitor Center – equivalent to the energy that 100 households would consume on an annual basis. All of the power generated by the wind turbines is used onsite at the facility, resulting in an average carbon offset of more than 900 tons of CO2 per year.
