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Beery, beery good
High energy costs don't get in this brewery's way |
Katharine Wroth |
11 May 2005 |
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| Hey, I don't want to get a reputation. But here's more news from the beer-and-rising-energy-costs front: The New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colo., is hopping on alternative energy instead. To wit: The company uses methane captured from its wastewater to help power its facilities, and uses a biodiesel blend in its delivery trucks. No big surprise from an outfit whose employees voted, waaaay back in 1998, to make it the nation's first wind-powered brewer ... |
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| Topics: business, energy, food, greening biz operations, renewable energy (all these topics) |
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