KIRKSTALL BREWERY TAKES ON THE TETLEY

Kirkstall Brewery has announced that it is taking on the lease of The Tetley, with plans to make it a hub for great beer from Leeds and renew its status as a “landmark of Yorkshire beer culture”.

‘The Tetley’ building is the former brewing headquarters of Tetley’s Brewery, built in the Art Deco style in 1931. In the 1980s, Tetley’s Brewery became the largest producer of cask ale in the world, and the site has remained an icon of Leeds beer history, even after its closure in 2011.

The building, which now sits at the heart of Leeds’s newest mixed-use district, Aire Park, then operated as a contemporary art gallery from 2013 until 2023, when its lease ended.

Significant step towards sustainable energy supply

Expected total output of around 283,000 kWh per year

Photovoltaics first element for independent power generation

Now all that's needed is for the sun to shine all the time! The installation of a photovoltaic system on the roof of the sorting plant marks a significant step towards sustainable energy generation - the
C. & A. Veltins brewery is well on its way. The system is designed to achieve an output of 324 kW peak (kWp). The challenge in planning and implementing this system was to find the optimal placement, particularly taking into account the hall's essential smoke extraction openings. "These restrictions required precise engineering to ensure that the photovoltaic modules could be placed efficiently without compromising the functionality of the smoke extraction openings," says Technical Director Peter Peschmann. Everything was then thought of during installation.

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