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Diving overview:
- Heineken has entered into a partnership to install a heat battery system powered by renewable energy at its brewery and maltery near Lisbon, Portugal. Attempts to decarbonize operationsThe company made the announcement on Monday.
- Industrial heat solutions company Rondo Energy and energy producer EDP will provide Heineken with a “heat as a service” model that will help reduce carbon emissions from the plant without changing the way beer is brewed.
- As part of the agreement, EDP will install a 7-megawatt solar power plant at Heineken stores. Central Beer and Beverage Brewery, It will power Rondo’s thermal battery. Rondo’s 100-megawatt-hour battery converts and stores renewable power into high-temperature heat and provides continuous, carbon-free vapor to Heineken’s production processes.
Dive Insights:
In addition to being powered by an on-site solar farm, the batteries are charged with renewable electricity from the grid. This arrangement is made possible through long-term flexibility. Power purchase agreement between Heineken factory and EDP. According to EDP, the PPA will provide 25 gigawatt hours of renewable energy per year, allowing Dutch brewers to maximize the amount of clean energy available.
The solar and thermal storage system is expected to come online at the Portuguese brewery in April 2027, pending administrative and regulatory approvals.
The system will be one of the largest thermal batteries in the beverage sector globally and is designed to reduce or eliminate the brewing industry’s dependence on traditional fossil fuel boilers, the company said. According to EDP, the partnership will also contribute to transforming Heineken’s Portugal facility into “one of the most sustainable production centers in the world by operating on clean, emission-free steam.”
“By combining our strengths with EDP and Rondo, we are opening up new ways to power our brewery operations more efficiently,” Magne Setnes, Heineken’s chief supply chain officer, said in a Nov. 3 announcement. “This project will not only help reduce our dependence on conventional energy, but also demonstrates how practical innovation and strong partnerships can drive meaningful improvements across the supply chain.”
Heineken’s goals are: Achieve Net-Zero status across your supply chain — Includes Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions — until 2040.
Multinational beverage company — Portfolio of over 500 brands— including its namesake pale lager beer — said the system is also a “replicable model” that can be used in other energy-intensive sectors such as food and beverages, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and pulp and paper.
