On the site of the Agrana’s Gmünd potato starch factory in the Austrian Waldviertel region, an innovative system has been installed, in line with the company’s green power initiative.
With RWA Solar Solutions as the installer and operator of Agrana’s first large-scale photovoltaic installation, a total of 890 photovoltaic modules covering an area of around 1,650 square meters have been installed on the roof of the potato starch factory and, with a capacity of 334 kWp, will produce around 338,000 kWh of power annually. The total annual solar power output generated at the Gmünd site is equivalent to the requirements of approximately 75 households.
“Our green power initiative will continue in the coming year with the construction and commissioning of photovoltaic systems at a further four Agrana sites in Austria. As an energy-intensive processor of agricultural raw materials, Agrana is firmly committed to action aimed at achieving its goal of climate-natural production activities by 2040. The photovoltaic systems at our production sites are a further component of our decarbonization strategy to achieve our emissions targets,” according to Agrana’s CTO Norbert Harringer.
The power generated by the photovoltaic system will be entirely consumed by the company. RWA Solar Solutions GmbH, a subsidiary of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, is the planner, constructor, and commercial owner of the photovoltaic system. It will also undertake the ongoing operation and maintenance of the photovoltaic systems.
“If we want to achieve the energy revolution, we need to rely more extensively on solar power in Austria in the coming years and expand the scale of solar installations. We regard it as our responsibility to deploy our expertise in the interests of climate protection and hope that many other companies will follow the good example set by Agrana and also make their production processes more sustainable,” explains the member of the Executive Board of Raiffeisen Ware Austria, Christoph Metzker, in a recent press release.
