Earth, wind and beer: It’s not what you think

FORT COLLINS – Northern Colorado’s small brewers have long been giving a new meaning to the term “green beer” through various environmentally minded projects, but there’s something bigger brewing just north of Fort Collins.

Anheuser-Busch’s Fort Collins brewery has been implementing a number of practices aimed at reducing waste and supporting sustainability – ranging from fueling its transportation fleet with biodiesel to a potential solar power project to generate electricity to help produce the 9 million barrels of beer it makes annually.

In April, the brewery began converting all of its Fort Collins vehicles to use biodiesel and filling them up from…