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Wineries are great candidates for solar energy generation. Usually located in places that get plenty of sun, they have lots of open space and tend to concentrate their electricity usage during the fall harvest - which means that they can take advantage of time-of-use metering. Chateau Montelena Winery, famous as the California winery that fired "the shot heard 'round the world" - that is, their California Chardonnay that in 1976 beat out French wine for the first time - has taken the leap from the old world to the new world with their installation of a 220kW solar PV system. You'd think that it goes without saying that using solar-generated electricity would not impact the quality of the wine; but perhaps it needs to be said after all: "I can also assure our clients that we will continue to deliver the winemaking excellence they have come to expect from us.” says Chateau Montelena winemaker Bo Barrett.
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