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Joint project set to cut heating oil consumption by 60 per cent

Due to the special location of the privately owned Hofmühl Brewery, the planning permission procedures took more than two years, but the first Krones solar thermics system can now go ahead. Joining in a justified toast (from left to right) are: Uwe Bertz, Krones AG Steinecker Plant, Volker Baumgartner, Benno Emslander, Privatbrauerei Hofmühl GmbH, Cornelia Stumpe, Krones AG, Klaus Wasmuht, Krones AG Steinecker Plant, Stephan Emslander, Paul Kottmann, Privatbrauerei Hofmühl GmbH, Armin Ott, Krones AG Steinecker Plant, Matthias Pohl, Krones AG.

Wednesday 02. January 2008 - Early in 2008, the first solar thermics system from Krones will go on line at the privately owned Hofmühl Brewery in Eichstätt

Following the completion of protracted planning permission procedures, Krones’ concept for using solar-generated process heat in the brewery is now scheduled for prompt implementation. This was announced by Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, and the privately owned Hofmühl Brewery in Eichstätt during the BRAU in Nuremberg. In the first stage, the project partners are installing a solar thermics system with a collector area of 1,000 m2, scheduled to go into operation early in 2008, with plans for subsequent upsizing to 3,000 m2. In all, the solar-thermic energy is set to replace about 60 per cent of the heating oil hitherto required for generating heat. Krones’ contribution covers the entire engineering work, the process control system and supplying the collectors. The project is being subsidised by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety.