date:Oct 28, 2013
The winery has set up 230kW solar PV generator and 200kW thermal preheaters as part of its overall sustainability project, titled 'Re-engineering our future for a carbon economy.'
Both the generator and the thermal preheaters are the largest of their kind at any Australian winery and De Bortoli hopes the installations will achieve a 300 tonne reduction in carbon dioxide emissions per year.
The winery was given a $4.8 million grant from the federal government, and it has worked closely with Aus