Brewery Solar Panels

Three arrays of panels covering the brewery s 11 000 square foot roof capture solar energy throughout the day.

Brewery solar panels.

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 brewery in littleton installed nearly 800 solar panels this week. 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.

In portland maine allagash brewing installed a solar system in 2016 with 114 panels that generate around 118 mw of energy. The brewery in littleton. 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. Solar power is a premium lager style beer golden in colour with a distinctive noble hop aroma from the bavarian hallertau late hop edition.

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. A favorite brewery in the northeast including for many at energysage the alchemist actually has three separate solar arrays. Like the left hand brewing company in colorado who installed a modest 4 8 kw solar array as early as 2006. With a total capacity of 3 3mw this is the largest solar pv project installed on a beer brewery worldwide.

Or anderson valley brewing company who that same year outfitted their brewery with a visionary 125 kw system comprised of 768 solar panels. 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 brewer plans to open another taproom. Cbs4 breckenridge brewery is harnessing the sun in colorado to help brew beer.

The palate is a soft balance of malt caramel wheat malt providing a clean refreshing finish ideal for drinking al fresco. The first beer makers to embrace solar power were the little ones. Bottles on panels ab inbev and baywa r e. One panel puts out approximately 350 kilowatt hours a year explained mec general manager.

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.