DGB solar power project. Coverage 23 November to 17 ... Solar Power Project.pdfWhalecottage.com/blog - Whale Cottage Portfolio ... by Sue Blaine, ... Installing an 800kW photovoltaic

DGB solar power project. Coverage 23 November to 17 December 2015

Index

Print:: Sa Wine Industrys Largest Rooftop Solar Plant

Print:: Drinking Green Wine Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

Print:: Giant Solar Plant For Dgb In Wellington

Print:: Power To The Boland

Print:: Power To The Boland (Part 2)

Print:: Tall Horse En The Saint Nou Met Sonkrag Gebottel

Print:: Tall Horse En The Saint Nou Met Sonkrag Gebottel

Print:: Solar Powers Heart Of Winery

Broadcast:: Solar panels at DGB to benefit Wellington

Broadcast:: Solar panels at DGB to benefit Wellington---Repeat



Broadcast:: DGB to install solar panels

Broadcast:: DGB to install solar panels ---Repeat

Online:: Going Green: two major solar power projects launched in the Western Cape!

Online:: Douglas Green Bellingham to install solar plant at Wellington facility

Online:: DGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine Industry

Online:: DGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine Industry

Online:: Giant solar plant for DGB in Wellington

Online:: Large South African Wine Distributor Turns To Solar Power

Online:: Solar powers heart of winery

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Solar panels at DGB to benefit WellingtonThe local wine industry largest solar installation is set to benefit the Wellington town. The solar panels will be installed at the facility of the DGB, which is one of the

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Solar panels at DGB to benefit Wellington---RepeatThe local wine industry largest solar installation is set to benefit the Wellington town. The solar panels will be installed at the facility of the DGB, which is one of the


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DGB to install solar panelsSA wine and spirit producer DGB, will install solar panels at its Wellington production facility, which is expected to reduce carbon footprint.

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DGB to install solar panels ---RepeatSA wine and spirit producer DGB, will install solar panels at its Wellington production facility, which is expected to reduce carbon footprint.

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Going Green: two major solar power projects launched in the Western Cape!Going Green: two major solar power projects launched in the Western Cape!

Tuesday 1st December 2015 - Posted by Chris von Ulmenstein

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In the past two weeks two major solar power projects have been announced, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town, and at the DGB factory in Wellington.

The R20 million Waterfront solar project is at an early stage, and reflects the commitment by the country’s most popular tourist destination to going green

environmentally, and reflects its CEO’s surname! It is planned to install 7500 m² of solar panels on eight rooftops of key buildings within the Waterfront, including

the Watershed, the Clock Tower, Two Oceans Aquarium, Portswood House, and Granger Bay. When complete, the solar panels will generate 4495kWh on

average per day, which would be the equivalent of meeting the electricity needs of 310 average size homes. Completion is expected in early 2016, and reflects the

focus on sustainability in running the V&A Waterfront.

In Wellington Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) has announced a 800kW solar power project, the largest production facility utilizing the technology to allow it to go

off the Eskom grid, and thereby to reduce its electricity costs, stabilize its production, and to improve its marketability. In addition, it will generate income in selling

excess electricity generated to the Drakenstein Municipality. By March 2600 solar panels will be installed on the roof of the Wellington factory,

In summer months 160000kWh will be generated, and 50000 kWh in the winter months. At the factory 2,5 – 3 million liters of wine are produced monthly. The

marketing benefit of producing the wines sustainably at the DGB plant is important to its markets in the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia. Given the focus on climate

change, DGB expects to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Its carbon footprint has already reduced by 12% in the six years of measuring it.

Sources: Business Day, Fin24.

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Douglas Green Bellingham to install solar plant at Wellington facilityDouglas Green Bellingham to install solar plant at Wellington facility

by Sue Blaine, 2015-11-23 18:01:59.0

Sue Blaine

Douglas Green Bellingham to install solar plant at Wellington facility

WHOLESALE wine producer Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB), which exports South African wine to more than 70 countries, is installing a solar plant that will

take its largest production plant off-grid.

Installing an 800kW photovoltaic solar power plant at its Wellington production facility would reduce electricity costs, stabilise production and improve

marketability, DGB said.

Also, DGB will be able to sell back to the Drakenstein municipality, which includes Wellington, any excess power. This is rare in SA.

DGB is to officially launch this project on Tuesday. It is expected that the approximately 2,600 photovoltaic solar panels will be installed on the roof of the

Wellington production facility by March. The facility is DGB’s largest "by far", said production director Ree du Toit.

The Wellington plant produces between 2.5-million and 3-million litres of wine on a good month, Ms du Toit said.

There are two other production plants, at Boschendal in Franschhoek and at Franschhoek Cellars.

DGB is one of SA’s largest wine producers and owns the Boschendal, Bellingham, Franschhoek Cellar, Douglas Green, Brampton and Wellington wineries.

It was hard to put a finger on the value of sustainability measures in some markets, said Ms du Toit, but many international markets, especially the UK,

Scandinavia and parts of Europe, placed high value on wines produced in a sustainable manner.

The solar plant, to be installed by Terra Firma Solutions, is expected to produce more than 1.25-million kilowatt hours (kWh) in its first year of full operation, with

an expected average of 160,000kWh in sunny months and 50,000kWh in the heart of winter. The Western Cape is a winter rainfall region.

"The 25-year life span of the project will assist in protecting DGB from significant increases in electricity prices from our municipality," the wine producer said in a

fact sheet.

"Power prices are set to rocket — apart from the increases in the past few years, Eskom has just made a request for a power price increase which could see

prices increasing by 17% early next year."

SA’s wholesale electricity price has at least doubled in the last seven years.

Wines of SA, a not-for-profit industry organisation that promotes the export of all South African wine in key international markets, has a wide focus on sustainability

and conservation of the Western Cape’s natural environment.

DGB is expecting to save about 1,265-tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent a year through using solar power. This, according to DGB’s calculations, is the same as

saving the emissions that would be released by driving a small car from Cape Town to Johannesburg 5,550 times a year.

Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas — gas scientifically linked to climate change — and is used as a catch-all for the other greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide equivalency is a quantity that describes, for a given mixture and quantity of greenhouse gas, the quantity of carbon dioxide that would have the

same global warming potential, when measured over a specified time (generally, 100 years).

DGB first measured its carbon footprint — a measure of how much carbon dioxide equivalent is released in an average year — at the end of the 2008-09 financial

year, said Ms du Toit.

Six assessments later the footprint had been reduced by 12.5%.

A seventh assessment is under way.

The company won the 2011 UK Drinks Business Green Award for supply chain and logistics. Over the past three years it has reduced glass use by 3.25-million

kilograms.

The company has also reduced the board grade of packaging cartons, simplified the printing on cartons, thereby using less ink, and removed lacquer coats from

cartons where possible. Customers were being persuaded to ship wines more sustainably too.

Total water consumption is down 18%, and energy use down 22% over the last three years.

2015-11-23 18:01:59.0

WHOLESALE wine producer Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB), which exports South African wine to more than 70 countries, is installing a solar plant that will

take its largest production plant off-grid.

Installing an 800kW photovoltaic solar power plant at its Wellington production facility would reduce electricity costs, stabilise production and improve

marketability, DGB said.

Also, DGB will be able to sell back to the Drakenstein municipality, which includes Wellington, any excess power. This is rare in SA.

DGB is to officially launch this project on Tuesday. It is expected that the approximately 2,600 photovoltaic solar panels will be installed on the roof of the

Wellington production facility by March. The facility is DGB’s largest "by far", said production director Ree du Toit.

The Wellington plant produces between 2.5-million and 3-million litres of wine on a good month, Ms du Toit said.

There are two other production plants, at Boschendal in Franschhoek and at Franschhoek Cellars.

DGB is one of SA’s largest wine producers and owns the Boschendal, Bellingham, Franschhoek Cellar, Douglas Green, Brampton and Wellington wineries.

It was hard to put a finger on the value of sustainability measures in some markets, said Ms du Toit, but many international markets, especially the UK,

Scandinavia and parts of Europe, placed high value on wines produced in a sustainable manner.

The solar plant, to be installed by Terra Firma Solutions, is expected to produce more than 1.25-million kilowatt hours (kWh) in its first year of full operation, with

an expected average of 160,000kWh in sunny months and 50,000kWh in the heart of winter. The Western Cape is a winter rainfall region.

"The 25-year life span of the project will assist in protecting DGB from significant increases in electricity prices from our municipality," the wine producer said in a

fact sheet.

"Power prices are set to rocket — apart from the increases in the past few years, Eskom has just made a request for a power price increase which could see

prices increasing by 17% early next year."

SA’s wholesale electricity price has at least doubled in the last seven years.



DGB is expecting to save about 1,265-tonnes of carbon-dioxide equivalent a year through using solar power. This, according to DGB’s calculations, is the same as

saving the emissions that would be released by driving a small car from Cape Town to Johannesburg 5,550 times a year.

Carbon dioxide is the most common greenhouse gas — gas scientifically linked to climate change — and is used as a catch-all for the other greenhouse gases.

Carbon dioxide equivalency is a quantity that describes, for a given mixture and quantity of greenhouse gas, the quantity of carbon dioxide that would have the

same global warming potential, when measured over a specified time (generally, 100 years).

DGB first measured its carbon footprint — a measure of how much carbon dioxide equivalent is released in an average year — at the end of the 2008-09 financial

year, said Ms du Toit.

Six assessments later the footprint had been reduced by 12.5%.

A seventh assessment is under way.

The company won the 2011 UK Drinks Business Green Award for supply chain and logistics. Over the past three years it has reduced glass use by 3.25-million

kilograms.

The company has also reduced the board grade of packaging cartons, simplified the printing on cartons, thereby using less ink, and removed lacquer coats from

cartons where possible. Customers were being persuaded to ship wines more sustainably too.

Total water consumption is down 18%, and energy use down 22% over the last three years.

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DGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine IndustryDGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine Industry

DGB

25 Nov 2015

- South Africa’s largest independent wine and spirit producer and distributor, DGB, will be drawing a major component of the energy used by its Wellington

production facility from the Boland sun, making it a leader in renewable energy in the wine sector.

The 800kWp solar installation currently being fitted is the single largest rooftop solar photovoltaic plant on any wine producing facility in South Africa. Designed

and installed by Cape Town-based Terra Firma Solutions (Pty) Ltd, the solar power plant will be made up of almost 2 600 solar panels.

The system is being built across four different roofs at the DGB facility and will cover an area of over 6200m² and is set for completion in March 2016.

According to Ree du Toit, DGB Production Director, the project is in line with the company’s sustainability objectives to reduce and mitigate its impact on the

environment.

“DGB acknowledges the importance of being a good corporate citizen in South Africa by lowering its carbon footprint through reduced energy consumption,” she

says. “With the implementation of solar power we are expecting to save around 1 265 tonnes of CO2 per annum from being emitted to the atmosphere, making us

wine industry leaders in the field of renewable energy.”

This saving in carbon emissions is about the equivalent of driving a small car from Cape Town to Johannesburg 5, 550 times per annum. “The project is not only

an amazing opportunity to improve the environmental performance of the company but it also makes sound financial sense from a capital investment point of

view,” said Du Toit.

The plant will produce an average of 160 000 kWh in the sunny months of January and December. June-July an average of 50 000kWh.

The 25 year life span of the project will also assist in protecting DGB from significant increases in electricity prices which have escalated dramatically over the past

few years and look set to do so in the near future.

Besides providing solar power to the day-to-day operation of the DGB facility, the new energy source will also benefit the Drakenstein community.

According to Ed Gluckman, Managing Director of Terra Firma Solutions, the Drakenstein municipality is one of the few municipalities in the country which has a

net metering embedded generation tariff available to the public. “This enables the DGB facility to export power back to the grid at the same Rand per kWh rate at

which it pays the municipality. There is expected exporting of electricity when the plant reaches its peak power and therefore producing more power than what is

required on site during the day.”

Tim Hutchinson, CEO of DGB has expressed this project as paving the way for additional solar plants across the company’s facilities, “This plant will produce over

1.25 million kWh’s in its first year of full operation. With the environmental and financial benefits from investing into projects such as these, the company is

investigating renewable energy opportunities across the group.”

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DGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine Industry

DGB Gets Largest Solar Power Plant in South African Wine Industry

DGB

25 Nov 2015 526 views

- South Africa’s largest independent wine and spirit producer and distributor, DGB, will be drawing a major component of the energy used by its Wellington


The 800kWp solar installation currently being fitted is the single largest rooftop solar photovoltaic plant on any wine producing facility in South Africa. Designed


The system is being built across four different roofs at the DGB facility and will cover an area of over 6200m² and is set for completion in March 2016.

According to Ree du Toit, DGB Production Director, the project is in line with the company’s sustainability objectives to reduce and mitigate its impact on the

environment.




This saving in carbon emissions is about the equivalent of driving a small car from Cape Town to Johannesburg 5, 550 times per annum. “The project is not only

an amazing opportunity to improve the environmental performance of the company but it also makes sound financial sense from a capital investment point of

view,” said Du Toit.





According to Ed Gluckman, Managing Director of Terra Firma Solutions, the Drakenstein municipality is one of the few municipalities in the country which has a

net metering embedded generation tariff available to the public. “This enables the DGB facility to export power back to the grid at the same Rand per kWh rate at

which it pays the municipality. There is expected exporting of electricity when the plant reaches its peak power and therefore producing more power than what is

required on site during the day.”

Tim Hutchinson, CEO of DGB has expressed this project as paving the way for additional solar plants across the company’s facilities, “This plant will produce over

1.25 million kWh’s in its first year of full operation. With the environmental and financial benefits from investing into projects such as these, the company is

investigating renewable energy opportunities across the group.”

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Giant solar plant for DGB in WellingtonGiant solar plant for DGB in Wellington

27 November 2015 06:00

: Tim Hutchinson

South Africa’s largest independent wine and spirit producer and distributor, DGB, will be drawing a major component of the energy used by its Wellington


The 800 kWp solar installation currently being fitted is the single largest rooftop solar photovoltaic plant on any wine producing facility in South Africa. Designed


The system is being built across four different roofs at the DGB facility and will cover an area of over 6 200 m² and is set for completion in March 2016.

According to Ree du Toit, DGB production director, the project is in line with the company’s sustainability objectives to reduce and mitigate its impact on the

environment.




This saving in carbon emissions is about the equivalent of driving a small car from Cape Town to Johannesburg 5 550 times per annum. “The project is not only an

amazing opportunity to improve the environmental performance of the company but it also makes sound financial sense from a capital investment point of view,”

said Du Toit.

The plant will produce an average of 160 000 kWh in the sunny months of January and December. June-July an average of 50 000 kWh.

The 25-year life span of the project will also assist in protecting DGB from significant increases in electricity prices which have escalated dramatically over the past



According to Ed Gluckman, managing director of Terra Firma Solutions, the Drakenstein municipality is one of the few municipalities in the country which has a net

metering embedded generation tariff available to the public.

“This enables the DGB facility to export power back to the grid at the same rand per kWh rate at which it pays the municipality. There is expected exporting of

electricity when the plant reaches its peak power and therefore producing more power than what is required on site during the day.”

Tim Hutchinson, CEO of DGB, has expressed this project as paving the way for additional solar plants across the company’s facilities.

“This plant will produce over 1,25 million kWhs in its first year of full operation. With the environmental and financial benefits from investing into projects such as

these, the company is investigating renewable energy opportunities across the group,” said Hutchinson.

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Large South African Wine Distributor Turns To Solar PowerLarge South African Wine Distributor Turns To Solar Power

Aluwani Khumela November 30, 2015, 9:00 am

Cape Town-based Terra Firma Solutions (Pty) Ltd Designed and installed 800kW solar plant at the Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB) wine facility. The Solar

system which is currently still being fitted will become the single largest rooftop solar photovoltaic plant on any wine producing facility in South Africa of which the

solar power plant will be made up of almost 2 600 solar panels.

The system is being built across four different roofs at the DGB wine facility and will cover an area of over 6200m² and is set for completion in March 2016.

Ree du Toit, DGB Production Director says “the project is in line with the company’s sustainability objectives to reduce and mitigate its impact on the environment.”






“The project is not only an amazing opportunity to improve the environmental performance of the company but it also makes sound financial sense from a capital

investment point of view,” said Du Toit.




Tim Hutchinson, CEO of DGB has expressed this project as paving the way for additional solar plants across the company’s facilities,

“This plant will produce over 1.25 million kWh’s in its first year of full operation. With the environmental and financial benefits from investing into projects such as

these, the company is investigating renewable energy opportunities across the group”


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Solar powers heart of winerySolar powers heart of winery

Farren Collins | 2015-11-25 00:25:32.0

Solar is a seven - year payback, but if you start getting 14% or 17% increases in electricity as predicted, then this is going to be a smart investment," said

Hutchinson. File photo

Image by: HETTY ZANTMAN

The carbon footprint of your next glass of wine could soon be trimmed after a major South African wine manufacturer unveiled a project to reduce its annual

carbon emissions by 1200 tons of carbon dioxide.

A solar project announced yesterday by Douglas Green Bellingham is set to cut the company''s annual carbon emissions by the same amount as driving a small

car from Johannesburg to Cape Town 5550 times.

The 800kW solar installation planned for the winery''s Wellington facility will also make it the largest solar power plant in the domestic wine industry. It will produce

1.2GW, or the equivalent of supplying 3000 homes with power.

Douglas Green Bellingham CEO Tim Hutchinson said a number of factors motivated the decision to start the project.

"One reason was insurance for power outages going forward.

"The other is the environment and the goal of being carbon neutral. The third is protection against price increases. Solar is a seven - year payback, but if you start

getting 14% or 17% increases in electricity as predicted, then this is going to be a smart investment," said Hutchinson.

The system, which will see 2600 solar panels fitted above warehouses, will produce half the energy, with any surplus exported to the local power grid.

"What makes this unique is the collaboration with the local municipality," said Josch Thilo, senior engineer at Terra Firma Solutions, who designed and will install

the power plant.

Hutchinson said the project would be complete by March and that Douglas Green Bellingham had plans to roll out similar projects at its Boschendal and

Franschhoek facilities.

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