– Half megawatt rooftop PV system for self-consumption on solar company’s car park
– R&D center, production and office buildings powered by own PV system
– On-site consumption of solar energy pays off for industry and commerce
[Thalheim, Germany, 13 November 2014] – Hanwha Q CELLS, the largest European photovoltaics provider, banks on self-consumption of PV electricity for its headquarters in Germany. The company has put a 500 kilowatt PV system into operation on the rooftop of its own car park. The plant comprising of about 2,000 Q CELLS modules will produce around 9,44 gigawatt hours and save around 5,000 tons CO2 emissions over a period of 20 years. The system’s east-west orientation doubles the performance density compared to a south orientation and maximizes the yield based on the available roof surface. Furthermore it covers performance peaks during longer time periods per day through lengthening power production time and avoiding the noon spikes which are typical for south oriented solar systems.
Hanwha Q CELLS will consume 100% of the electricity from the system on-site. The rooftop plant will power the R&D center and the production lines as well as the office buildings at the company´s headquarters in Germany. Thus the PV provider shows that on-site consumption of self-produced solar electricity sustainably reduces operating costs and pays off for industry and commerce – in Germany and beyond.
The half megawatt PV facility was built in just 11 days. “Despite bad weather conditions we succeeded in completing the PV plant in very short time,” said Lutz Novy, Project Manager of Hanwha Q CELLS’ Facility Management. Andreas von Zitzewitz, COO at Hanwha Q CELLS added: “Producing and consuming our own solar electricity makes a lot of sense for us, both in economic and in ecological terms.” As a company from the renewable energy industry Hanwha Q CELLS aims to further increase the part of on-site produced green electricity at its site in Thalheim. The PV system thus contributes to the sustainability strategy of the company.
