New Belgium Brewing has one of the largest privately owned solar arrays in Colorado

New Belgium Brewing has also employed photovoltaic technology to produce electricity from the sun. Panels have been placed on the roof of New Belgium’s packaging hall. These solar photovoltaic panels are able to produce up to 200 KW.

The solar arrays have a 200 KW capacity 

 

 "We have about 200 KW capacity of solar PV arrays on the roof of our packaging hall. When we built the packaging hall, we designed the roof in a specific way – the roof is actually white so it reflects the sunlight, it also concentrates it and we’re able to utilize also the real estate of the packaging hall itself."

Igor Valuyev, Chief Electrical and Automation Engineer, New Belgium Brewing 

And New Belgium Brewing uses Wonderware software to help their environmental and sustainability projects succeed.

 

More Information

For more information on New Belgium Brewing and the Wonderware products used in the Fort Collins, Colorado brewery, please visit the following links:

1. The Wonderware Food and Beverage page
2. The Wonderware Supervisory and Control page
3. Wonderware InTouch
4. New Belgium Brewing Homepage
5. New Belgium Brewing Sustainability