Daimler Truck to Expand Solar Power at 4 Plants
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
30 Dec, 2022, 3:30 am
As a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, Daimler Truck has the declared goal of developing sustainable and thus future-proof transport solutions for the movement of goods and passengers and putting them on the road. In this context, the focus is also on the production of vehicles: By 2039, the company aims to achieve CO2 neutral production in all plants and business units worldwide. The European sites will already be CO2-neutral from this year onwards, partly by sourcing electricity from solar, wind and hydroelectric power.
At the German Mercedes-Benz plants in Woerth, Kassel, Gaggenau, and Mannheim, assembly of the new plants began in the fall and they are scheduled to be successively connected to the grid by May 2023. Currently, 5,400 kWp of photovoltaic modules are installed at the German truck sites, so that, together with existing systems, up to 5,700 MWh of electricity can be generated per year. The more than 13,000 modules, which are mainly installed on building roofs, have a surface area of around 39,000 m².
Existing Solar Plant
Gaggenau - 500 kWp; 438 MWh; 1,500 modules
Kassel - 2,100 kWp; 1,900 MWh; 4,400 modules
Mannheim - 400 kWp; 334 MWh; 840 modules
Woerth - 3,100 kWp; 3,000 MWh; 6,500 modules