Dave Savastano11.26.14
Hanwha Q CELLS 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.
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. The half-megawatt PV facility was built in just 11 days.
“Producing and consuming our own solar electricity makes a lot of sense for us, both in economic and in ecological terms,” said Andreas von Zitzewitz, COO at Hanwha Q CELLS.
“Prosumers” (produce and consume) of solar energy benefit in two ways. Firstly the cost of self-consumed solar electricity is considerably lower than the cost of the electricity provided by the grid in many countries. Second, photovoltaic systems are perfectly suited to lower the overall electricity cost by reducing expensive peak demand. In the case of Hanwha Q CELLS these peaks happen during the summer months, when the production lines require energy intensive cooling.
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. The half-megawatt PV facility was built in just 11 days.
“Producing and consuming our own solar electricity makes a lot of sense for us, both in economic and in ecological terms,” said Andreas von Zitzewitz, COO at Hanwha Q CELLS.
“Prosumers” (produce and consume) of solar energy benefit in two ways. Firstly the cost of self-consumed solar electricity is considerably lower than the cost of the electricity provided by the grid in many countries. Second, photovoltaic systems are perfectly suited to lower the overall electricity cost by reducing expensive peak demand. In the case of Hanwha Q CELLS these peaks happen during the summer months, when the production lines require energy intensive cooling.