Tiger 'brewed by the sun', as APB takes solar plunge in Singapore

Singapore

ASIA Pacific Breweries (APB) Singapore has installed solar panels on its factory rooftop, making all Tiger beer consumed in the Republic now "brewed by the sun".

The project - Heineken's first solar installation project in the Asia-Pacific, and the largest worldwide, will reduce its carbon footprint by a fifth. The unveiling of the solar panels follows Apple's announcement earlier this week that it will power all Singapore operations with solar energy from January onwards.

APB's solar energy system, which has a peak capacity of 2.2 megawatt, will produce 2.3 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean energy a year, equivalent to the power consumption of 600 four-room HDB households. Generated by more than 8,000 solar panels across an area the size of three soccer fields, this will help APB reduce its carbon emissions by 1,500…