Starting in summer 2023 Birra Peroni, part of Asahi Group, is brewing with the heat of the sun through the commissioning of Absolicon solar thermal field at Bari production site in Italy.
The pilot installation marks a key step towards the decarbonisation of the brewery and Asahi’s target to become carbon neutral within its breweries by 2030.
Video: Birra Peroni, Italy from Absolicon Solar Collector on Vimeo.
Birra Peroni is part of global brewer Asahi Group. The Bari plant in Italy is part of Asahi Europe & International that produces the beer Peroni and Peroni Nastro Azzurro as well as other well-known Asahi brands like Raffo, Wuhrer and Tourtel.
Absolicon is providing its patented solar collector Absolicon T160 and plant integration. Birra Peroni will then buy the solar heat produced through a heat purchase agreement to run the brewing processes.
The Absolicon T160 technology, with an operational temperature of up to 160°C heat and 8 bar steam, suits perfectly the thermal energy demand in the plant and secures energy independency of the brewery processes. The solar collector Absolicon T160 and plant integration provides Birra Peroni with solar heat to run the pasteurizer in the Bari brewery. The 460 kW solar thermal field will cover part of the brewery’s annual thermal energy demand. During sunnier summer months, the collectors will ramp up their solar thermal contribution to satisfy a larger part of the thermal energy demanded for the pasteurizer process.
One of Birra Peroni’s main sustainability targets is to achieve zero carbon emissions during the production process by 2030. Using solar energy for a wide range of brewery processing applications provides Birra Peroni the possibility of renewable heat at a constant energy price, enabling long term reductions in fuel costs and CO2 emissions.
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