Anheuser-Busch to Brew More with Renewable Fuel

One in seven beers brewed by Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. is expected to be brewed using renewable fuel by the end of 2009, the brewer says in a press release issued on July 30, 2008. According to the company, a brewery in Houston will use biogas from a nearby landfill. It already uses a technology that turns brewing waste water into fuel, called BERS or bio-energy recovery system. The company's brewery in California will also use BERS and electricity from solar panels. Once those projects are running, 10 of Anheuser-Busch's 12 U.S. breweries will produce renewable fuel. That means its U.S. breweries will run on more than 15 percent renewable fuel. The company says plans are also underway to build a BERS system at an 11th brewery, in Williamsburg, Va. in 2009.