As the number of craft breweries in the U.S. continues to grow, with more than 9,000 counted in 2021 by the Brewers Association, companies are looking for ways to stand apart from the competition. One strategy gaining popularity is investing in onsite renewable energy. Many breweries use “solar-powered beer” as a marketing tool and sometimes even name certain brews after solar power, like Minnesota brewery Invictus Brewing Company’s new “1.7 Million Megawatts Summer Ale.”
Here are six breweries that have added solar power in the last few years.
Check out the 1812 Brewery in Cumberland, MD with a 100% solar powered operation with a 60.52-kilowatt ground-mount array
https://www.times-news.com/news/local_news/solar-suds-1812-brewery-powered-by-sun/article_16fa5480-a799-11eb-afff-23eddb5a6e0f.html
Check out Highland Brewing Company – 1045 panels approx. 300 kw system.
Old Bust Head Vint Hill, VA 100kw solar array, geo thermal, c02 recapture, super efficient boilers, water conservation amongst many other sustainable elements!
https://www.oldbusthead.com/solar
https://youtu.be/vHElat38aDU
Another great one!
Sierra Nevada brewing Company added 2017.
https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/
Great piece! Creature Comforts also has two beautiful systems at their production facility and taproom in Athens, GA. https://creaturecomfortsbeer.com/earth-day-qa-with-sustainability-lead-jacob-yarbrough/
Here is another I have seen in my area, Charlotte, NC… Birdsong Brewing Co!!
I’ll play!
https://www.swtenergy.com/scratchtownbrewing
Great piece! Maybe catalog the whole lot out there. Here’s another.
https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2022/03/01/alchemist-brewer-goes-solar.html