Solar thermal energy for the beverage industry

Ball Corporation is one of the world’s largest producers of aluminum packaging, specializing in beverage cans. Balls production facility in Fairfield, California, requires a lot of heat for operating the process and cleaning the products in a temperature range of about 60°C. One of Ball Corporation’s priorities is sustainability, which includes the use of renewable heat.

A 3,956 m² process heat plant with a thermal capacity of 2.8 MW was built for this company. This installation is California’s largest solar heating plant and ranked No. 2 all over the US. The plant is expected to save more than 200.000 therms natural gas per year.