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  • AMAG Porsche Centre gets solar power

    AMAG Porsche Centre gets solar power

    On 5 May, the AMAG Group commissioned a photovoltaic (PVA) plant with an output of 87 kilowatts peak on the roof of the Porsche Centre in Winterthur. The new plant is part of a major offensive in which the Group has already set up a whole series of solar plants on the roofs of AMAG operations. By 2025, around 75,000 square metres of surface area are to be equipped with solar panels, informs the automobile trading group headquartered in Cham in a statement. This would be sufficient to cover over 20 per cent of the Group’s electricity requirements. AMAG also aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2025 at the latest.

    The new plant on the roof of the Porsche Centre will contribute around 86 megawatt hours of solar power annually towards this goal. “For us, it is a great pleasure that we now not only stand for Porsche’s great products in the Winterthur region, but also for sustainability and climate protection in accordance with the AMAG Group’s strategy,” Marcel Renz, Managing Director of AMAG First AG’s Porsche Centre Winterthur, is quoted as saying in the statement. “Thanks to PVA, we will be able to cover our own electricity needs to a certain extent.”

    According to the statement, the AMAG Group is pursuing the goal of becoming the leading provider of sustainable individual mobility. The acquisition last year of the solar company Helion, which specialises in photovoltaics, heat pumps and e-mobility, should also be seen against this background.

  • Axpo supplies wind power to Borealis

    Axpo supplies wind power to Borealis

    Axpo and Swedish plastic film producer Borealis have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), according to a media release. According to the agreement, Axpo’s wholly owned subsidiary Axpo Nordic will supply more than 130,000 megawatt hours of electricity from wind power to Borealis’ production plant in Stenungsund for ten years starting in January 2024.

    For Borealis, the contract with Axpo means that the share of renewable energy consumed at the Stenungsund plant will be significantly increased, the media release says. Indirect carbon dioxide emissions at Borealis operations will be reduced by nearly 10,000 tons annually. Borealis aims to increase the share of renewables in its electricity mix to 40 percent by 2025 and achieve 100 percent electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

    “This transaction marks another milestone in our corporate PPA business and demonstrates the crucial role Axpo Nordic plays in the energy transition. Sweden is an attractive market for international investors in renewable energy,” Cecilia Bergman of the Axpo Sweden management is quoted as saying. The continued expansion of wind farms allows industrial companies to source renewable power locally for their facilities to reduce their emissions and meet their sustainability goals, Bergman added.

    “The contract brings us closer to our ultimate goal of covering all our electricity consumption from renewable sources by the end of this decade. This is another step in our journey to reinvent ourselves and live more sustainably,” Wolfram Krenn, Executive Vice President Base Chemicals & Operations at Borealis, is quoted as saying.

  • Zwicky wird für Solaranlage ausgezeichnet

    Zwicky wird für Solaranlage ausgezeichnet

    Die E. Zwicky AG ist für ihre zu 85 Prozent vertikale Solaranlage ausgezeichnet worden, informiert die auf Produkte aus Getreide, Hülsenfrüchten, Kernen und Saaten spezialisierte Thurgauer Familienfirma in einer Mitteilung. Konkret hat Zwicky den Schweizer Solarpreis 2022 in der Kategorie Energieanlagen gewonnen. „Wir sind stolz, eine der schweizweit grössten vertikalen Solaranlagen unser Eigen nennen zu dürfen“, wird Zwicky-CEO Kurt Krucker in der Mitteilung zitiert. Insgesamt sind mehr als 30 Gewinner ernannt worden.

    Für die bereits von weitem sichtbare Solaranlage an den rund 60 Meter hohen Silotürmen der Schälmühle des Unternehmens in Müllheim-Wigoltingen wurden über 2200 Quadratmeter Solarpanele verbaut. Durch die überwiegend vertikale Installation kann besonders die im Winterhalbjahr tiefer stehende Sonne gut ausgenutzt werden, erläutert Zwicky. In den ersten zehn Monaten Laufzeit hat die Anlage bereits 340 Megawattstunden Strom produziert.

    Zwicky setzt den an den Silotürmen gewonnenen Strom vollständig in der eigenen Produktion ein. „Unsere Zwicky-Vision ist es, zum energetischen Selbstversorger heranzuwachsen“, erklärt Krucker. Um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, will das Unternehmen weitere Projekte für nachhaltige Energie umsetzen. Entsprechende Baugesuche seien bereits eingereicht, erläutert der Unternehmenschef.