The installation of the cogeneration system, which will provide 90 per cent of the unit's electicity, heat and water requirements, is part of a major R&D expansion at the La Jolla facility. It will also handle much of J&J's heating and cooling needs, whilst offering "significant air pollution reduction and energy savings to the San Diego region".
J&J's senior vice president of drug discovery for the US, Michael Jackson, said: "We're saving money, but we're also helping to reduce green house gases in the environment by the avoidance of more than three million pounds per year of CO2."
Part of the project was funded with the assistance of the local authorities in San Diego.
