Beer
GreenHouse Holdings Inc and Karl Strauss Brewing Company Announce Groundbreaking Agreement
GreenHouse to Install E-Fuel MicroFueler to Turn Brewery Waste Into Ethanol Fuel for Fleet
SAN DIEGO, April 21, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GreenHouse Holdings, Inc.
Karl Strauss
GreenHouse and Karl Strauss partner to convert 28 tons of spent yeast per week to ethanol fuel for California consumers and businesses.
About Karl Strauss
It all started back in the mid 1980s, when our fearless founders, Chris Cramer and Matt Rattner, graduated from college and moved to San Diego, Chris’ hometown. They set up shop in an apartment on Mission Beach, armed with newly minted degrees, an entrepreneurial spirit, and an appreciation for beer. Inspired by a brewpub Chris came upon while traveling through Australia, they wanted to open a microbrewery and reintroduce locally brewed handcrafted beer to San Diego, a concept banned by Prohibition in the 1930s.
GreenHouse Energy and Gordon Biersch partner together to fuel California cars with cleaner burning ethanol
GreenHouse Energy and Gordon Biersch Brewery came to an agreement today to convert 2,000 tons of spent yeast, a byproduct of beer production, into pure ethanol to fuel cars and generators throughout the state of California.
GreenHouse Energy and Gordon Biersch Brewery came to an agreement today to convert 2,000 tons of spent yeast, a bi product of beer production, into pure ethanol to fuel cars and generators throughout the state of California.
GreenHouse Energy is the exclusive distributor of the MicroFueler, the first viable ethanol micro-refinery system. This revolutionary technology gives individuals and businesses the ability to be energy independent by producing ethanol from waste, comprised of water, sugar and unused beer or other spirits, on premise.
Discard
One person's trash is another person's gold
Thousands of businesses produce liquid waste that then must be disposed of in a responsible, environmentally friendly manner. What better way to be green than to take discarded waste and turn it into organic fuel for a gasoline-thirsty world? The MicroFueler needs feedstock -- "green juice" -- in order to complete the transition of biomass or waste into ethanol. And the raw materials for this feedstock are everywhere.
Here are some examples of viable discarded waste that can be processed into feedstock for the MicroFueler:
Some facts about waste
- The United States generates approximately 55 billion gallons of liquid waste per year -- much of this can be used as feedstock for the MicroFueler
- When improperly handled and disposed of, liquid wastes pose a serious threat to human health and the environment; they can contaminate watersheds, pollute ground water, and local sources of drinking water
Gordon Biersch
Gordon Biersch and Green House are partnering together to convert 2,000 tons of spent yeast annually to ethanol fuel, a cleaner burning alternative to gasoline. The popular San Jose based brewer has long been looking for an environmentally friendly fuel source to generate power for its brewery and Green House's MicroFueler provides the perfect solution.
About Gordon Biersch
Founded in 1988 by Dan Gordon and Dean Biersch, the company opened the first Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant in Palo Alto with the goal of producing the most authentic German-style lagers outside of Germany at a time when craft brewing was just getting started. Gordon Biersch soon became a pioneer in introducing the brewery restaurant concept and producing award-winning lagers and distinguished foods, including its now-famous Gordon Biersch Garlic Fries™.
Sierra Nevada
Green House and E-Fuel are very proud to be working with Sierra Nevada to support their recycling and alternative fuel goals. We will be converting spent yeast, leftover during the production process, to feedstock as part of Sierra Nevada's waste diversion program. Currently 98.2% of the waste produced by Sierra Nevada is recycled and diverted away from landfills.
About Sierra Nevada
In 1979, Ken Grossman began building a small brewery in the town of Chico, California. His goal: to brew exceptional ales and lagers. Today, the Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is considered the premier craft brewery in the United States. And the beer? Critics proclaim it “Among the best brewed anywhere in the world.”
