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Beer in exchange of solar power
April 14, 2021
Summary
That’s the offer from Asahi Group’s Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) in Australia, serving up Victorian Bitter to households who have rooftop solar power to spare, in what the companies involved believe to be a world first.
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Along with putting solar panels on its Melbourne brewery and buying power from a solar farm, CUB is looking to buy excess solar power from households, paying in cans of beer instead of cash, to help meet its target to use 100% renewable power by 2025.
For every A$30 ($23) of credit Diamond Energy books for feeding solar power back into the grid, Asahi’s Carlton & United Breweries will deliver a slab of beer - 24 cans - worth A$50 to your home.
The offer is equal or better than the standard feed-in tariff across the eligible states, said Power Ledger, a blockchain-enabled energy trading platform, which will track how much power customers feed to the grid.
[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asahi-group-australia-solar/power-drinkers-aussie-brewer-offers-beer-for-excess-solar-energy-idUSKBN2BN16N](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asahi-group-australia-solar/power-drinkers-aussie-brewer-offers-beer-for-excess-solar-energy-idUSKBN2BN16N)