Our solar systems were funded via community-investment with our mates at Pingala Cooperative. Pingala is a climate-focused, subscription-based organisation which offers members the opportunity to invest in sustainable business solutions in their local communities. In partnership with Pingala, we installed a 30kW solar system on top of our brewery in 2016, raising $17,500 in 9 minutes by raffling off shares to punters from far and wide. This first system allowed us to run a third of the brewery’s power through the sun. 

After reaching out to our mates via our mailing list to offer the same community-driven initiative, we were overwhelmed with the response, receiving over $60K worth of pledges in 48 hours! Working once again with Pingala, we were able to install our second system. In addition to our solar systems, we’re proud members of the ENGIE Power Purchase Agreement which was set up in 2019 to aggregate the energy needs of eligible Australian Hotels Association members, and to underwrite large-scale investments in solar energy. You can learn more about the agreement here.

Finally, through ENGIE we’re buying the remaining of our Newtown site’s energy from independently accredited, renewable energy sources known as GreenPower. By doing so, we’re not only brewing and serving our beers with the help of renewable energy, but supporting new renewable energy generation in Australia.

Wanna learn more about how we’re improving our environmental impact at our Newtown Brewery? Click here.