Northern Beaches paint and ink maker, Colormaker Industries, manufacturers of PERMASET® Inks, passed the milestone of 500 tonnes of greenhouse gases (GHGs) saved through the electricity produced from its 100kW solar array, installed in 2019.
“Notwithstanding the very real effects of La Niña, we now produce 2.2 times as much electricity as we use. If the sun comes out and stays out, we might get that up to 2.4. Even so, for every single kWh that we’ve purchased over the past 12 months, we put 4.44 kWh into the grid. Since the battery went in, we’ve also been able to bring our demand down to 1/7th of what it was when we first installed solar, taking further strain off the grid,” said Colormaker owner, MD David Stuart.
Colormaker objective is to be carbon neutral by the end of 2024, putting a little bit of Northern Beaches sunshine into every drop they make and making the world a better place through colour.