SIERRA NEVADA BREWING COMPANY How one of the largest craft breweries stays green with energy storage Location: Chico, CA Production Output: 600,000 barrels of beer per year Customer Challenge Reduce energy demand charges while improving sustainability GridSynergy® Solution 1 MWh of software-controlled energy storage Benefits • Reduces demand charges on utility bill up to 85 percent • Minimizes dependency on California’s power grid • Allows brewery to operate with a 50 percent smaller co-generation plant • Increases customer loyalty in the green-minded craft beer industry “Automated energy storage with GridSynergy software has been the high point of our new system. We’re paying far less in demand charges.” — Brandon Smith, Enegineering Manager, Sierra Nevada Brewi

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