'All about the sun': Solar plant powers up at Sol brewery

Cecilia Keating
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Inauguration of solar plant at Sol brewery in Netherlands will help parent company Heineken reach goal of achieving 70 per cent renewable energy across its production facilities

Sol beer is set to live up to its name, after brewer Heineken announced the South Holland brewery that supplies the drink to dozens of countries around the world is now partially powered by onsite solar...

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