US Brewery Installs Solar Panels

Anheuser-Busch, a wholly owned subsidiary of Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev, has installed solar panels at its Newark brewery in New Jersey, US.

The installation of 3,000 photovoltaic solar panels, covering 65,000ft2, will annually produce nearly 525,000kw/h of power equalling nearly 5% of the brewery’s annual electricity demands, the US beverage manufacturer said.

As part of the project, the company entered into an agreement with Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) to employ a solar power plant.

PSE&G will offer Renewable Energy Certificates to businesses or individuals to help offset fossil fuel usage and greenhouse gas emissions.

The facility’s Bio-Energy Recovery System turns the nutrients in wastewater into biogas providing up to 15% of the fuel needed to power the facility’s boilers.

Currently, ten of Anheuser Busch’s 12 US breweries use BERS technology to power operations.