Energy efficient
Audi is working to create Europe’s largest photovoltaic system installed on a building.
Audi is creating Europe’s largest photovoltaic system on the roof of its Hungary plant, furthering its commitment to renewable, clean energy
21 February, 2019
Furthering its commitment to cleaner and more efficient energy in the future, Audi with E.ON, is building a solar energy park on the roofs of the two logistics centres of its plant in Győr covering about 160,000 square metres. This initiative will create Europe’s largest photovoltaic system installed on a building at the Audi Hungaria plant in Győr, with a peak output of 12 megawatts. Construction work will start in August 2019 and renewable energy generation will start at the beginning of next year.
“We are committed to the economical use of resources and therefore want to keep the environmental impact of our production as low as possible,” says Achim Heinfling, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt.
“Approximately 70 percent of Audi Hungaria’s heat requirements are already covered by climate-neutral, geothermal energy. Our goal is to have completely CO2-neutral plant operation in the future. With the construction of the solar-cell park, we are now taking a further step to achieve this in terms of power supply,”
As part of the joint project with E.ON Hungaria, Audi is providing the roof areas of the two logistics centres, each with about 80,000 square metres, for the construction of the solar energy park. This is where the largest solar plant in Europe installed on a roof is being built. E.ON will put the park into operation, consisting of 35,000 solar cells, and will continue to operate it, with an annual output of more than 9.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity. This corresponds to the annual energy requirements of 5,000 households.
Along with various partners, AUDI AG is committed to feeding resources into closed cycles and reusing them as completely as possible. “We were the first premium manufacturer to have our CO2 footprint measured and certified in 2014. Since then, we have been working constantly to reduce it further,” says Rüdiger Recknagel, Head of Environmental Protection at AUDI AG. “We are also installing new technologies at all our plants to reduce our water consumption, avoid air pollution and improve recycling.”
Around 70 percent of Audi Hungaria’s heat requirements are already covered by climate-neutral, geothermal energy
Subscribe
Want to ensure you always receive the latest news and features from Audi? Subscribe now to the Audi Magazine newsletter.
Audi Australia will collect, record and use your personal information for the purpose(s) of sending you the requested newsletter. You are not required to provide your personal information, however, if you choose not to provide us with your personal information, we may not be able to fulfil the purpose(s) described above. We will keep your personal information for only as long as is necessary to carry out the purpose(s) described above (unless we are required or permitted by law to hold the information for a longer period). We may disclose your personal information to our service providers and to our dealership network in Australia. We may also disclose your personal information to our related parties based in Australia and to our overseas service providers. We may, unless you have opted out, use your personal information to market our products and services to you, to improve our products and services and to invite you to events. We will act in accordance with our privacy policy which is available at http://www.audi.com.au/privacypolicy. If you would like to know more about our privacy policy and procedures and the management of your personal information, or if you would like to access or update your personal information, please contact our customer assistance team, T +1800 50 AUDI (2834), E customerassistance@audi-info.com.au