Lion NZ’s Auckland brewery to be partly solar-powered

One of New Zealand’s largest breweries is installing solar panels on the roof of its Auckland site in a bid to reduce carbon emissions. Lion NZ, which operates as a subsidiary of the Australian-based Lion Group, has installed 2424 panels covering an area of around 5400 sq m at its vast production and bottling plant, named The Pride. Lion NZ managing director Craig Baldie said the new installation supported the brewery’s ongoing commitment to decarbonise its business.

“Being one of the largest rooftop solar arrays in the country, it will be visible from flights into and out of nearby Auckland Airport. At 1.21 megawatts, it’s estimated solar energy will provide 14.



4% of the brewery’s electricity needs a year — equivalent to about 228 average households,” Baldie said. “Brewing is an energy-intensive process. At the Pride, our state-of-the-art brewery in East Tamaki where we produce many of New Zealand’s best-loved beers such as Steinlager and Speight’s, we can run 160,000 cans and bottles per hour across the four production lines.

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