Baker Hughes to power Texas facilities with renewable souces wind, solar

Houston-based Baker Hughes said Dec. 11 it signed a 10-year agreement with French-owned power company EDF Energy to get 100 percent of electricity for its 170 facilities in Texas from renewable sources wind and solar. Baker Hughes said the power will come from the White Mesa wind farm of Apex Clean Energy near the west Texas town of Ozona and a solar farm owned by Austin-based TX Energy. Baker Hughes said the deal will reduce the equivalent of 1.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over 10 years – equal to taking 27,000 cars from the roads. The deal supports Baker Hughes’ commitment “to achieve net-zero carbon equivalent emissions by 2050.” The announcement said Baker Hughes has already reduced its CO2 emissions by 34 percent since 2012.