American brewing giant Anheuser-Busch announced Tuesday that it had signed a Power Purchase Agreement for the electricity generated by a 310 megawatt (MW) solar farm to be built in West Texas which will be completed by 2021, at which point Anheuser-Busch will be purchasing 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.
With renewable energy constantly in the news these days — AOC’s tweets, the Sunrise Movement’s activism, the Tesla phenomenon, solar energy’s rapidly dropping costs — is it any surprise that Budweiser is joining the trend? Anheuser-Busch’s Budweiser has a definite appeal to a green audience in its Super Bowl LIII commercial, titled “Wind Never Felt Better.”
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewery, has this week launched its 100+ Accelerator which will make available up to $100,000 per entrant with an idea to solve some of the world’s most pressing global sustainability issues.
In this edition of the cleantech news roundup, we have news about the 2018 LEAF safety score, Paul Elio’s new cryptocurrency, first delivery of an Electra Meccanica Solo, an electric Aston Martin Lagonda, death by chocolate, EU plastic recycling and pesticide ban, environmental conservatism, and more.
A number of companies around the world have placed pre-orders for the Tesla Semi, and a preponderance of those orders seem to be coming from purveyors of food and beverages. PepsiCo has ordered 100, Anheuser-Busch has ordered 40, restaurant supplier Sysco is taking 50, and Canadian grocery chain Loblaw’s wants 25. Why is this particular industry so interested in electric trucks? As a recent article in Popular Mechanics points out, there are several good reasons.
Budweiser, one of the world’s most recognizable beer names, is making a show of its commitment to its renewable energy targets by revealing that it will start attaching a 100% renewable electricity symbol on all Budweiser beers that are brewed with 100% renewable electricity.
The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the maker of such beers as Corona, Budweiser, and Stella Artois, has announced it has committed to transitioning to a 100% renewable electricity future by 2025.
