Janssen is installing a new solar panel array at its site here that is expected to be the biggest of its kind in New Jersey to date, and the largest at any Johnson & Johnson facility in the world. Once completed later this year, Janssen estimates the solar panels will deliver enough renewable energy to provide about 70 percent of the site’s annual electricity needs, while also reducing site operating costs.

“This installation is an exciting development, not only at the Titusville campus, but for the entire state of New Jersey,” said Joaquin Duato, Company Group Chairman, Pharmaceuticals – The Americas.  “It gives our employees great pride to know our company is committed to creating green power and using energy-efficient technologies. Enhancing the state’s renewable energy supply will clean up our air, fight climate change and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.”

The Titusville site, which hosts multiple Johnson & Johnson companies, is installing a four megawatt (MW) photovoltaic array of more than 13,500 ground-mounted panels. The panels are designed to track the sun from east to west, and the electricity generated from the system will reduce more than 5,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year – the equivalent of powering about 600 homes or removing almost 1,000 cars from the road annually.   
 

The Titusville campus is one of several Johnson & Johnson sites that are certified as Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) sites. LEED is an internationally recognized green certification system aimed at improving performance across key metrics, such as energy savings, water efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.

In addition to the Titusville site, Johnson & Johnson has solar power systems planned or completed at 20 sites worldwide, which together represent an installed capacity of about 13 megawatts.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Green Power Partnership lists the company as the nation’s sixth-largest purchaser of renewable energy. Johnson & Johnson also has received six Green Power Leadership Awards from the EPA and Department of Energy since 2002. Johnson & Johnson set a company-wide goal of reducing its nationwide carbon footprint by 7 percent between 1990 and 2010.