Enel Generates Power for the Super Bowl

Enel Green Power is the company that owns the geothermal/solar plant in Stillwater, 17 miles east of Fallon. They also own other solar, hydro, geothermal, and wind generation plants around the globe, but it’s their Thunder Ranch wind farm in Oklahoma providing the electricity for today’s Super Bowl. According to EcoWatch, which received a press release from Anheuser-Busch, the company “will supply Atlanta’s Super Bowl Host Committee with renewable energy attributes to power the equivalent of the city’s energy consumption for six days, including during the largest sporting event of the year.” Super Bowl LIII is being held in Atlanta this year. In 2017 Anheuser-Busch signed a long-term power purchase agreement for 152.5 megawatts of output from Enel’s 298-megawatt facility in Oklahoma. To promote their environmental stance, Budweiser switched all its U.S. beer brewing to renewable energy last year. They debut a one-minute ad during the Super Bowl called, “Wind Never Felt Better,” to promote their “eco-friendly makeover,” according to EcoWatch. While Atlanta has adopted a 100 percent renewable electricity goal, and is the biggest city to do so, Churchill County has been powered by 100 renewable electricity for several years due to the geothermal and solar plants located here.