Calistoga Beverage Company: A Triple Win With Huge Energy Savings

Energy savings are found in many ways. One of the easiest ways to create new energy is to simply conserve what is already available.

When Calistoga Beverage Company started in business, like most industrial facilities, they assumed that the energy costs were simply a product of doing business. The thought of receiving nearly $100,000 as an incentive to improve the efficiency of their bottling plant was unheard of. But when Ecova and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) sponsored the Ecova Air Compressed Air Energy Efficiency Solutions Program, that incentive became a reality.

Calistoga Beverage Company implemented an energy efficiency project to replace their existing 300 hp Ingersol Rand centrifugal compressor, operating with inlet throttling and bypass control, with a new Ingersol Rand 200 hp variable speed controlled air compressor to improve the overall efficiency of their complete compressed air system. Ecova Air works on a brand neutral premise and collaborated with the local Ingersol Rand team to install the equipment.