2019 is a big year for Turkey Hill Dairy’s Conestoga, Pa., plant: It’s the year it became one of the first major ice cream or ice tea facilities to be run on 100% renewable energy.
The plant achieved this lofty goal through a combination of power from wind turbines and its new relationship with Safe Harbor, a hydroelectric dam located just four miles from its plant, said John Cox, Turkey Hill’s president. Safe Harbor creates electricity using the Susquehanna River, which runs by the plant and will supply about 80% of Turkey Hill’s annual energy needs through local power sourcing and hydroelectric energy credits.