May 13, 2010
EPS Corp announces that the company was selected to develop a $3 million state of the art biogas generation and wastewater treatment facility at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas. Scheduled for completion in early 2011, this renewable energy plant is designed to enable the brewery to reduce its carbon emissions by over 500 metric tons per year, while also eliminating 85% of the treatable waste components in the brewery’s wastewater.
Using a highly efficient waste treatment process, called anaerobic digestion, the new facility will enable Spoetzl to convert the waste products from its brewing processes into naturally produced methane gas which will be used to fuel the boilers that create steam and hot water needed for beer production. As a result, Spoetzl should be able to reduce its natural gas consumption by over 95,000 therms per year, in addition to significantly reducing carbon emissions. And by eliminating most of the treatable waste components in the wastewater, this process should reduce the amount of electrical energy required for processing at the city wastewater treatment plant.