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General information |
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| Name |
Milwaukee Brewing Co.
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| Country installed |
United States
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| Address |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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| Industry sector, NACE code |
C11 - Manufacture of beverages
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| Solar thermal system owner / operator |
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| Solar thermal engineering company |
Caleffi
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| Process integration engineering company |
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| Year of operation start |
2013
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Technical parameters |
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| Collector technology |
flat plate collector
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| Collector name |
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| Installed collector area (gross), m² |
104.0
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| Installed collector area (aperture), m² |
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| Installed collector area (absorber), m² |
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| Installed thermal power (estimated), kWth |
72.8
(Default value calculated by multiplying the gross collector area by 0.7 kWth/m²)
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| Solar collector loop heat transfer fluid |
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| Solar energy storage |
short-term water storage
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| Storage volume, m³ |
4
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| Kind of conventional heat source |
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| Kind of fuel used |
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Process |
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| Solar thermal energy used for |
hot water consumption
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| Unit operation |
other process heating
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| Point of Solar Heat Integration |
different integration points (see remarks)
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| --> Integration how and where |
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| --> Temperature range process |
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| --> Temperature range solar loop (min/max), C° |
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Economic parameters |
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| Total investment costs (excl. VAT), € |
125,172.00
(Turnkey costs including solar collectors, piping, support construction, storage, design, commissioning reduced with subsidies)
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| Solar loop (excl. VAT), € |
(Solar collectors, piping, support construction)
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| Solar energy storage (excl. VAT), € |
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| Others (excl. VAT), € |
(Design, commissioning, others)
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| Process integration (excl. VAT), € |
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| Subsidy, € or % of total investment costs |
88832
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| Cost for fuel replaced, €/MWhfuel |
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| Calculated solar thermal system life time, a |
30
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| Annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/a |
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| Specific annual useful solar heat delivery, MWh/am² |
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| Specific investment costs, €/m² |
1203.58
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| Solar fraction, % |
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Lessons learned |
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| Initiative |
“Milwaukee Brewing decided to free itself from the expense and environmental impact of natural gas by turning to solar water heating,” says Adam Gusse of H&H Solar Energy Services.
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| Recommendations |
Brewery owner Jim McCabe adds, “We hope our installation encourages others to make the investment. This project will help boost the brewery’s competitiveness.”
Here’s a good example of a perfect application for solar hot water. Breweries use a lot of water—and so it made sense for them to invest in this,” says program manager Amy Heart.
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Source |
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| Author |
Katherine Stainken
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| Company of author |
SEIA
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| E-mail |
kstainken@seia.org
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