Brewery, farm powered by solar energy – AgriNews

FAIRBURY, Ill. — Solar panels have been installed at Emancipation Brewing Co. this past month to sustainably provide electricity to the brewery, house and other buildings on the farm.“The brewery uses a lot of electricity. If you’re talking from an environmental perspective, breweries require tons of electricity. A lot of heat is being used all the time. It takes a lot of energy to heat stuff up and to run chillers,” said Lincoln Slagel, Emancipation Brewing Co. co-owner and head brewer.“We have like five refrigerators and a freezer, one cold room that helps chill the tanks, a couple of water heaters. The electrical system here is taxed to the limit at the moment, the electrical bill is really high and it sounds like electricity prices are going to go way up.“Over the course of the year it should run all of the electricity that the brewery, the house and the farm needs…

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