This means that some of America’s favorite beverages and snacks, including bubbly, Gatorade and Pepsi, will soon be made using electricity from renewable sources, such as wind and solar.

The V-Force now is available for most of the company’s lineup of electric forklifts, signifying the increasing viability of lithium-ion technology as a practical alternative power source for forklifts, the company says.

Today, 90 percent of beverage plants are trying to achieve some degree of sustainability, which includes adoption of zero waste, water reuse, recycled materials and waste minimization.

The drive reduces energy consumption and operating costs, while still meeting production goals.

The lithium-ion battery packs are designed to run cleaner and longer than traditional lead-acid batteries, the company says.

From ambient to just above freezing temperatures, the ejector-based vacuum chillers can deliver during hot seasons, when cooling loads and inlet water temperatures decrease, the company says.

The batteries in the new series help users gain energy savings through a 97 percent efficiency performance.

Craft Brew Alliance Inc. (CBA), Portland, Ore., published its sixth Annual Sustainability Report, which highlights the company’s 2018 accomplishments in environmental and community stewardship and ongoing commitment to brewing and packaging its beers in the most sustainable way possible. For this year’s report, CBA is incorporating certain metrics using standards set forth by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), an independent organization that facilitates communication between companies and investors on the financial impacts of sustainability.

The V-Force lithium-ion ESS will be available for Crown’s complete line of forklifts later this year.

The Centrisys Corp. offers its THK sludge thickener machine that currently is being employed at several wastewater treatment facilities, an airport in Beijing, and an East Coast winery, the company says.