Samlesbury brewery has the capability to brew 295 million pints per yr, making beers together with Budweiser, Stella Artois and Corona.
Luiz Brandao, head of procurement and sustainability at Budweiser Brewing Group, stated: “Sustainability is core to our enterprise as we work in the direction of internet zero ambitions. Progressive options like hydrogen have big potential for lowering our carbon footprint within the UK and transferring us in the direction of our formidable sustainability objectives.”
The brewery is transferring to turn out to be greener with the launch of its Samlesbury Internet Zero Venture with Protium. This challenge will see the state-of-the-art electrolytic inexperienced hydrogen manufacturing facility constructed subsequent to the brewery to fulfill its thermal demand, heating, electrical energy and transport wants by means of inexperienced hydrogen power.
In addition to lowering the brewery’s carbon emissions, it’ll result in cleaner air and decreased car noise with heavy items autos additionally being powered by hydrogen, and can save as much as an estimated 11,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions yearly from the brewery’s operations.
This challenge is a step ahead in decarbonising the UK’s foods and drinks trade and can assist AB InBev, proprietor of Budweiser Brewing Group, meet its world sustainability objectives, which embrace 100% of its electrical energy coming from renewable sources and obtain internet zero throughout its worth chain by 2040.
Beneath the plans, Protium would fund, construct, and function the positioning for the brewery and is concentrating on the tip of 2025 for it to be operational. A planning software for the challenge will likely be submitted within the coming spring following session with neighbours, the group, and different native stakeholders.
