Brewery Solar Panels

Prior to expanding into a large new brewhouse and taproom space in stowe vermont the alchemist built two arrays at their waterbury location that covered over 100 of their electricity needs.

Brewery solar panels. Stuffings explains the austin brewery activated a 78 kilowatt solar power system in may. The brewery in littleton installed nearly 800 solar panels this week. Southern brewing co another athens based brewer installed solar powered street lamps in its parking lot in the spring said brian roth sbc co founder. In november 2016 however heineken seriously upgraded the rooftop solar project on their massafra brewery in italy which now sports 13 000 solar panels.

The brewery in littleton. The brewer plans to open another taproom. We re a pretty big craft brewery so the total wattage from our array honestly covers a small part of our electricity needs but it s part of a larger picture says facilities manager luke truman. Brewery the panels not only create energy they also absorb thermal heat.

Solar power is a premium lager style beer golden in colour with a distinctive noble hop aroma from the bavarian hallertau late hop edition. A crew from jordan solar in ronan is in the final stages of wiring the project on top of the brewery. Combined these 6 plants amount to a portfolio of over 9 3mw of solar capacity. With a total capacity of 3 3mw this is the largest solar pv project installed on a beer brewery worldwide.

A favorite brewery in the northeast including for many at energysage the alchemist actually has three separate solar arrays. In portland maine allagash brewing installed a solar system in 2016 with 114 panels that generate around 118 mw of energy. Bottles on panels ab inbev and baywa r e. Being local businesses with a focus on an artisanal way of brewing beer with natural ingredients the concept of striving for energy independence and a greener way of.

The first beer makers to embrace solar power were the little ones. One panel puts out approximately 350 kilowatt hours a year explained mec general manager. Cbs4 breckenridge brewery is harnessing the sun in colorado to help brew beer. Three arrays of panels covering the brewery s 11 000 square foot roof capture solar energy throughout the day.

Like the left hand brewing company in colorado who installed a modest 4 8 kw solar array as early as 2006.