Brewery plans to go ‘green’ to earn the green

Big beer is going green.

Anheuser-Busch, the top U.S. beer seller, said Wednesday it plans to make one in seven of its beers using renewable fuels by 2010 and gave Houston a starring role in the effort.

The St. Louis-based maker of Budweiser, Michelob and other beer brands said it will use methane gas from a local landfill to help power its Houston brewery.

The landfill gas will replace a large portion of the natural gas now burned at the facility for plant operations, enabling the company to cut energy costs, among its biggest bills.

Houston Chronicle