{"id":56529,"date":"2018-06-26T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ska-brewing-co-installs-solar-panels\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T16:49:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T16:49:44","slug":"ska-brewing-co-installs-solar-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ska-brewing-co-installs-solar-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Ska Brewing Co. installs solar panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=71f2421d-a114-4240-8e66-613b39eb4a8c&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1122\" alt=\"Ska Brewing Co. has installed 223 solar panels \u2013 which will generate enough energy to brew approximately 545,000 pints of beer each year \u2013 at its world headquarters at 225 Girard St. in Durango.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Ska Brewing Co. has installed 223 solar panels \u2013 which will generate enough energy to brew approximately 545,000 pints of beer each year \u2013 at its world headquarters at 225 Girard St. in Durango.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Ska Brewing Co.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brewery has partnered with Durango\u2019s Shaw Solar to install a grid-tied solar-power system on as much of the surface area of its roof as possible \u2013 68 kilowatts.<\/p>\n<p>These new solar panels join the insulation in the brewery\u2019s walls made out of blue jeans, the bar and tables made from bowling alley lanes, and grass and flowers irrigated by recycled water as part of the company\u2019s long-term sustainability plan. They will provide about a quarter of the brewery\u2019s electricity. The rest is wind-powered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis project with Shaw was a long time coming,\u201d said Ska Founder Dave Thibodeau in a news release. \u201cWe\u2019ve always aligned our company mission with sustainability efforts, especially those that directly impact Durango. Now, we can proudly say that our independently owned craft brewery is now independent from the grid.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brewing Co. has installed 223 solar panels \u2013 which will generate enough energy to brew approximately 545,000 pints of beer each year \u2013 at its world headquarters at 225 Girard St. in Durango.Courtesy of Ska Brewing Co. The brewery has partnered with Durango\u2019s Shaw Solar to install a grid-tied solar-power system on as much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[202,582,2608],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-56529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-briefs","tag-craft-beer","tag-ska-brewing-co"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56529"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=56529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}