b'Community & Member UpdatesLiberty Coca-Cola Beverages Breaks Ground on Nations FIRST Quadgeneration Production PlantLiberty Coca-Cola Beverages (Liberty) joined with state and local elected officials, communitystakeholders, and businesses to break ground on its quadgeneration production plant at theirElmsford facility. Libertys new plant will be the first of its kind in the country to generate its electricity, heat, cooling and recover carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) for beverage use. Generating energy using combined heat and power technology will deliver significant carbon savings versus grid-sourced electricity. Additionally, recovering CO 2further improves the environmental performance of the system by reducing the need to source it from the market. Once cleaned, the beverage-grade CO 2will be used to carbonate beverages, eliminating hundreds of trucks annually that currently deliver it to the facility.CHP requires less fuel to produce a given energy output, and avoids transmission and distribution losses that occur when electricity travels over power lines. By capturing and using heat energy that would otherwise be wasted,CHP systems operate far more efficiently than grid electricity and on-site heating.We mark another major milestone for Libertys efforts to create a more sustainable future, said Paul Mulligan, co-owner of Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages. The Quadgeneration Plant will be a game changer for the entire manufacturing and bottling industry. This diagram illustrates how the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) grid will work. New York State Senators Andrea Stewart-Cousins (35th District), Pete Harckham (40th District) and Secretary of State, Robert Rodriquez, among other distinguished officials joined with Liberty to mark the celebratory occasion. This groundbreaking of Liberty Coca-Colas Quadgeneration Plant is a momentous occasion. As we work toward meeting the ambitious goals of New Yorks Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, we know this must be an all-together effort with public and private partnerships, innovative new technologies and real leadershipall of which will be found here, saidSenator Harckham. 6'