Community solar provider Ampion Renewable Energy has entered into a partnership with the Wendy’s Company under which nearly 100 company-operated restaurants and approximately 40 franchise restaurants in New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts are now enrolled in an Ampion program that bundles renewable energy certificates with community solar projects.
The restaurants are enrolled in Ampion+, which enables community solar subscribers to access RECs that are Green-e® Energy certified.
The enrolled restaurants will source between 30% and 100% of their energy from solar without the need to install solar panels onsite.
Wendy’s plans to increase the number of restaurants enrolled in community solar through Ampion as additional solar generation capacity comes online and more franchise restaurants enroll in the program.
Last year, Wendy’s set near-term science-based targets to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 47%, and Scope 3 emissions from franchisees by 47% per restaurant by 2030, both from a 2019 baseline.
Through Ampion, Wendy’s locations have enrolled approximately 27.5 million kilowatt hours in community solar.
Each kilowatt hour will be accounted for, tracked, and assigned ownership to a specific restaurant location via RECs through the Ampion+ product.
A REC represents the environmental benefits associated with one megawatt hour of renewable energy matched with electricity usage.
