Vancouver’s original micro brewery is going green after signing a deal with green energy provider Bullfrog Power.
Granville Island Brewing will become the first brewery in BC to use 100 per cent green electricity and 100 per cent green natural gas for its operations, avoiding the emissions associated with the energy used by its brewery facilities.
"Committing to renewable energy with Bullfrog Power is the latest step in Granville Island Brewing's sustainability journey," said Dave Nicholls, Granville Island Brewing’s general manager. "As one of Canada's oldest microbreweries, we're especially proud to be the first BC brewery to choose 100 per cent renewable energy."
Through the agreement, Bullfrog Power's generators put 100 per cent clean, pollution-free electricity into the grid to offset the amount of conventional power that Granville Island Brewing's facilities use. Across Canada, Bullfrog Power's green electricity comes from a blend of wind and hydro power sourced from renewable energy facilities.
Bullfrog Power also injects green natural gas onto the national pipeline to match the amount of conventional natural gas used by Granville Island Brewing's operations. Sourced from a methane-capture project situated on a landfill, Bullfrog's green natural gas is a climate-friendly alternative to conventional, polluting natural gas – biogas is captured, cleaned up, and injected into the national natural gas pipeline, displacing fossil fuel-based gas and reducing CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
In addition to supporting green energy with Bullfrog Power, Granville Island Brewing is also participating in a glass bottle pool where glass is recycled up to 10 times before being broken down. Additionally, spent grains used in the brewing process are used for animal feed at local farms.
