Powering our operations in Hungary with solar energy
“It’s a pretty big solar park. Covering over 30 hectares, it will help us power our operations here in Hungary and reduce our Scope 2 emissions by 6,000 tons a year. We’re really proud of this new investment.”
Tamás Hoffmann, CEO Holcim Hungary gazes across a plain in Királyegyháza, Southwest Hungary as 40,000 solar panels work quietly and cleanly, generating enough energy each year to power nearly one third of our local operations – equivalent to almost 14,000 households.
This installation in Királyegyháza is one of our latest solar parks, and the first of its kind in the country. It’s just one example of how Holcim is expanding its use of renewable energy – from alternative fuels and renewable electricity to waste heat recovery systems – to achieve net zero.
Enables the plant to cover nearly a third of its energy needs with renewables
Largest renewable private power purchase agreement (PPA) of its kind in Hungary
Shows the power of collaboration for a sustainable industrial sector in Hungary
Power through solar
2,170 sunshine hours per year on average makes the Baranya region one of Hungary’s sunniest. Noticing this, our local team decided to harness this energy to power our operations.
Developed by ID Energy Group, the new solar park next to our plant has an impressive capacity of 28.45 MWp and is able to generate approximately 38,000 MWh of clean energy per year, equivalent to the average energy consumption of about 13,800 households.
The project will enable Holcim Hungary to cover nearly a third of its energy needs with renewable sources and reduce its fossil fuels dependence. Using renewables will reduce the cost of energy required for production onsite, while the construction and maintenance of the solar power plant is creating new employment opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
Power through partnerships
This initiative represents the largest private renewable power purchase agreement (PPA) of its kind in Hungary, and is a testament to technological excellence as well as the importance of collaboration for a sustainable industrial sector in the country.
ID Energy Group will provide Holcim with renewable energy at a fixed price for 15 years, while public grid connection rights mean that electricity not used by the cement plant can be sold through the public grid.
“For Holcim Hungary, it’s incredibly important to continuously decarbonize our production technologies through the use of alternative fuels and renewable energy sources. This recently commissioned solar farm is another important milestone on the way to achieving net zero.”
“At ID Energy Group, we’re proud to play a key role in enabling our partners to reduce their ecological footprint in a sustainable and efficient manner. I am very grateful to the ID Energy project team, our Holcim colleagues, subcontractors, and all our partners for their excellent cooperation over the past years, which made the successful implementation of this investment possible.”
The handover of the solar park coincides with the launch of the EU’s new Affordable Energy Action Plan, which highlights the importance of investments in renewable energy sources.
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