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Sustainable Cheesemaking in the 21st Century
The installation of a 126m high wind turbine at our Garstang creamery makes Dewlay one of the
first cheesemakers in the UK to be powered by wind energy, something we are very proud of.
This groundbreaking project has helped us to lower our carbon footprint and move our operation
towards a sustainable future.
Dewlay is the first major UK cheese manufacturer to power a facility of this size using
renewable energy. However, this is only one of the first steps in our commitment to the
environment and we hope to lead the dairy industry into a cleaner greener future.
Open for business!
We work closely with local dairy farmers to maintain quality and flavour. All of the milk used to
make our cheese comes from within a six mile radius of the Dewlay site. Every vat of cheese is
produced as an individual batch to ensure a consistent and very closely monitored product.
Our 36,000 square foot dairy gleams with stainless steel and is built to the highest standards. It
boasts features such as a hand-laid tiled floor, air conditioning, filtered air, controlled
temperature, positive air pressures, separate pasteurisation and starter rooms, sophisticated
control and hazard analysis systems, and extensive storage and packing facilities.
We are proud to hold the much sought-after BRC higher level status, widely respected as an
independent food audit by all the major food markets, in recognition of our high hygiene
standards, inspection procedure and staff training.
Making Lancashire cheese to the high standards we've set ourselves
takes a lot of time and energy and our cheesemakers have dedicated many years of their lives in
producing high quality cheeses here at the dairy. Cheesemaking has traditionally relied on
conventional sources of energy in terms of how dairies and packing facilities have been powered
but conscious of the need to become more environmentally aware and rely less on traditional
power sources while embracing new ones, Dewlay commissioned the construction of a 2MW
wind turbine on site in late 2010. Following months of planning and construction, the project – a
joint venture between Wind Direct and Dewlay - was completed in September 2010. Such was
the success of the project that Dewlay was the first dairy in the U.K. to be able to say that it was
powered by renewable wind energy on this scale.
You could say we produce the greenest cheese in England!
The turbine has the capacity to power the entire facility and is estimated to save almost 3,000
tonnes of carbon per annum - this is the equivalent to the annual usage of over 1,100 homes, and
makes Dewlay a much more sustainable business into the future.
For more information, please visit here
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Key Facts and Stats
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126 metres high
330 cubic metres of concrete used to fill hole for installation of turbine
40 tonnes of steel used as reinforcement in the concrete
1,600 cubic metres of earth excavated for hole 20m x 20m x 4m deep
Has reduced carbon emissions by 2,992 tonnes per year
View Wind Turbine Video
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Latest News
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9th Nov
Help Celebrate Lancashire Day 2015... and Win !
Marketing Lancashire has just launched a social media campaign for the month of
November
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28th May
Cracking Start by Dewlay at The British Cheese Awards 2015
Lancashire cheesemakers Dewlay are looking forward to British Cheese Week 2015 o
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20th Apr
Great British Food Magazine - "Spotlight on Dewlay"
Creating cheese with distinction is something that runs through the blood of brothers
Nick
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14th Nov
Say Cheese for Lancashire Day 2014
To help raise awareness and encourage promotion of Lancashire Day across the UK,
Marketing
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Contact Us
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Dewlay Cheesemakers
Garstang Bypass Road
Garstang
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 0PR
Telephone: 01995 602335
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