Duvel Moortgat employs solar energy to mature its Duvels

Monday 04 June 2012

Annual output of both solar power systems is 570 MWh of green energy. Equivalent to the annual power consumption of 150 families. Generating a total 620 kWp the systems use the SolarAccess Frame developed specifically for large scale, flat roofs with limited bearing capacity. In the immediate vicinity of the brewery six other industrial SolarAccess systems currently
generate a total of some 8 MWp. Already operating a smaller system with 600 m² of solar panels, since signing the ‘Environmental Charter of Businesses in the Food Industry’ in 1999 Duvel Moorgat has been  implementing an active environmental policy that focuses on sustainable business practices. Its new solar power system now gives Duvel Moortgat a highly cost-effective source of green power source.

Duvel Moortgat
Duvel Moortgat is an independent producer of authentic specialty beers. Worldwide regarded as benchmarking the high fermentation beer segment, the group owes its dominant position primarily to its success beer Duvel. Pioneering fermentation and re-fermentation techniques Duvel Moortgat has grown not only into one of Belgium’s largest breweries but even more significantly into market leader in terms of operational profitability. More info: www.duvelmoortgat.com

SolarAccess
SolarAccess  specializes in developing and building industrial solar power systems both via systems purchasing and power supply concepts. In Belgium and the Netherlands SolarAccess has over ten years of experience and is among the industry’s best. The SolarAccess Frame, an assembly system developed for large scale flat roofs, contributes to this success. SolarAccess Investments finances and operates solar power projects developed on the basis of land or roof space leasing. More info: www.solaraccess.be