Baumer intensifies commitment to solar power
Baumer is implementing measures to expand photovoltaics at its headquarters in Frauenfeld. More than 800 modules with a nominal output of 340 kilowatts peak are to be installed. Together with the Innovation Center, this will result in a total annual output of 305,000 kilowatt hours.
Baumer has announced the installation of more than 800 photovoltaic modules on facades and roofs of factory buildings at its headquarters in the St.Gallen-Lake Constance area for June 2023. The solar power technology is expected to generate a nominal output of 340 kilowatts peak, according to a statement. Together with the Innovation Centre currently under construction, which will generate 130,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, a power yield of 305,000 kilowatt hours per year is expected. This means that the sensor specialist will be able to cover 11 per cent of its electricity needs with solar power in the future.
With the investment in the solar building envelope, the Frauenfeld-based sensor specialist is continuing its Baumer Blue innovation initiative. With this, the company is focusing on sustainability, energy efficiency and modern infrastructure.
In Frauenfeld and at all locations in Germany, the company already purchases exclusively green electricity, it says. On the way to optimising consumption, Baumer is also implementing energy-saving measures and a heating and cooling concept based on geothermal probes and a heat pump at the Innovation Center. ce/heg