A brewery concentrates the whole food-industry problem in one building: wort boiling (the energy peak), pasteurisation, CIP, refrigeration and a boiler house — all below 180 °C, all fuel, all measurable. That's why we built a dedicated public model for it.
| Year | Free allocation (EU) | Payable carbon cost | Annual bill (per 1,000,000 hl beer) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97.5% | €0.02 / hl beer | €20,003 |
| 2030 | 51.5% | €0.39 / hl beer | €388,048 |
| 2034 | 0.0% | €0.80 / hl beer | €800,100 |
At EUA €80.01 (July 13, 2026) and ≈8–12 kg CO2/hl beer (energy; sector benchmarks). EU ETS industry schedule; exporters under CBAM follow the mirrored phase-in. Power sectors pay 100% from day one.
Indicative reduction potential of each measure against the relevant emissions share (sources: IEA industry roadmaps, sector associations — see each measure page). Measures stack but don't simply add.
Our interactive brewery heat-loss map walks every hot zone — brewhouse, packaging, boiler house — with ASTM-computed losses and savings: the worked example of this whole page. A mid-size brewery typically wastes €100k+/yr through bare equipment; payback on removable covers <1.5 years.
Method: ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 surface energy balance — the same engine as our public calculators. Typical removable-insulation effect across hot-process plants: 2–5% of fuel-related CO2, payback up to 2 years.
Direct-emission intensities, typical published values per industry page — units differ by product; see each page for sources.
