2021 SUSTAINABILITY PROGRESS REPORT | Cummins Inc. India has been a point of emphasis in recent years for Cummins’ solar efforts with 20 installations since 2018 that together have a maximum potential output of 11-megawatts peak (MWp). The largest project in the country was a 1,250 kWp array during phase 2 of a solar initiative at the Kothrud Engine Plant in Pune, India. The total solar capacity at the plant is now 2,800 kWp, the largest installation in India. Cummins currently has plans for another 18 solar projects in 2022, with a special emphasis on China and the United States as the company’s efforts move forward. Solar will play a major role in meeting Cummins’ PLANET 2050 environmental goals. There have been significant technical improvements and price reductions that make it increasingly attractive as a low- carbon energy source. 30 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS // SOLAR PLAYS KEY ROLE IN PATH TO 2030 GOALS After a record year for solar projects at Cummins in 2021, 2022 promises to be almost as busy as the company continues adding renewable, low- carbon solar power to its energy mix for plants and facilities. The company worked on 20 solar projects in 2021, ranging from a relatively modest 36-kilowatt peak (kWp) array that was phase 2 of a project at the Cummins Generator Technologies facility in Ahmednagar, India; to a 1,472 kWp installation atop the new U.K. Logistics Centre in Daventry, U.K.; to a 3,600 kWp array at the Rocky Mount Engine Plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (U.S.). When completed in 2022, the Rocky Mount solar array will be the second largest at Cummins, behind only the combined power of the 3,600 and 3,300 kWp installations atop two buildings that make up the Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Company campus in Beijing, China. The solar array at the company’s engine plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina (U.S.) is expected to come on line in 2022. WIND PROJECT ADDS RENEWABLE ENERGY TO GRID Cummins continues to participate in a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) to support the expansion of a northwest Indiana wind farm. The 2017 agreement helped the Meadow Lake Wind Farm expand by guaranteeing a fixed price for its power. The expansion was completed in 2018 and began sending renewable energy to the grid in December of that year. Cummins’ share of the expansion was 75 megawatts of capacity. While none of the power generated goes directly to a Cummins’ facility, it essentially offsets all of the electricity used from traditional sources at company facilities across the state with renewable electricity. Cummins’ science based facilities- and-operations goal for greenhouse gas is calculated using market-based Scope 2 emissions, which include the impact of the VPPA.
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