Solar Powered Breweries
The following is a summary for a 2016 link found here.
Top 10 Craft Breweries that use Solar Power
| Brewery | Total Power | %of brewery's use | # of Panels | ~Panel wattage |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Company | 2.6 MW | 20% | 10,573 | 245 W |
| Lagunitas Brewing Company | 2.1 MW | 50% | 6,000 | 350 W |
| Highland Brewing Company | 324 kW | ? | 1,045 | 300 W |
| Stone Brewing Company | 312 kW | 20% | ? | ? |
| New Belgium Brewing Company | 300 kW | 4.5 % | 1,235 | 240 W |
| Kona Brewing Company | 229 kW | 50% | ? | ? |
| Bear Republic Brewing Company | 166.8 kW | 45% | ? | ? |
| SweetWater Brewing Company | 157 kW | ? | 750 | 210 W |
| Flying Fish Brewing Company | 129 kW | ? | 463 | 280 W |
| Anderson Valley Brewing Company | 125 kW | 40% | 768 | 160 W |
Solar Panel info
- Commercial panel sizes are ~ 77 inches by 39 inches.
- Commercial panel weight ~50 lbs each.
- Commercial panel power is 230-275 W (standard) and 325-345 W (high output).
- Commercial panel cost ~ $2-$6 per watt
Examples (250 W panels @ $3/W)
- 10 KW ~ 35 panels, ~ cost $30,000
- 250 KW ~ 1000 panels, ~ cost $750,000
- 2 MW ~ 8000 panels, ~ cost $6,000,000