SolarNet will progressively install solar panels to the roofs of these properties at the wineries over the next six months.
When fully operational, the systems will generate 3.4 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year, equivalent to 17% of the energy used at the six sites. This equates to a saving of 6.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions per year, or the equivalent of taking 549 passenger cars off the road for a year.
Foster’s has a group commitment to reduce energy use by 10% per unit of production by 2011, over 2007 levels.
Scott Weiss, Foster’s Americas managing director, said: At Foster’s Wine Estates, our commitment to quality wines begins in our vineyards and carries through our winemaking activities. Threaded through this core of quality, we have a strongly held sense of responsibility to our environment and the natural resources that help us produce world-class wines.
