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Backup power at one of California’s top vineyards
California’s uncertain energy environment is a major concern to a winery like Beaulieu Vineyard (BV) where thousands of gallons of priceless inventory could be ruined during a power outage. As a result, BV chose Generac to supply it with reliable backup power.
F
rom its humble beginnings in 1900, when founder Georges de Latour
established his winery on a modest four-acre parcel in the heart of California’s Napa Valley, the Beaulieu Vineyard has grown to become one of the premier wineries in the world. However, California’s
uncertain energy environment was a major concern to a winery like Beaulieu Vineyard, where thousands of gallons of priceless inventory could be ruined during an extended power outage. To ensure a reliable backup power capacity BV bought two Generac diesel generator sets for its backup power supplies. The largest of the two units is an 800 kW genset which backs up the winery and its operational
“The generators help protect our investment and we can’t afford any interruption in our operations.” - Beaulieu Vineyard
equipment, ready to keep the production process going if necessary. The smaller 300 kW genset, provides standby power for a refrigeration system which keeps the wine properly preserved. “The generators help protect
our investment,” reported the BV Director of Operations. “During the harvest, truckloads of grapes are com- ing in all the time, and we can’t afford any interruption of our operation. Year-round, the temperature control system preserves the quality of
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the product throughout the winemaking process, and must be running constantly.” The Generac gensets were
purchased from Energy Systems of Stockton, one of Generac’s premier California dealers.
The 300 kW unit was installed along with a 2000 amp Generac automatic transfer switch (ATS). A spokesman commented: "A larger 800 kW generator with a 600 amp Generac ATS was added later. The two fully enclosed gensets are located outdoors, alongside each other in the winery’s warehouse and receiving area. Before these large units were ordered, the Beaulieu Vineyard had previously purchased two smaller generators. They had a 10 kW genset in Rutherford, as well as a 65 kW unit powering
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irrigation pumps in one of the vineyards. Their satisfaction with those gensets led them to select Generac equipment again when they needed larger ones.”
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