Baumer steps up investment in solar energy
Frauenfeld - Baumer is taking measures to expand the use of photovoltaic systems at its Frauenfeld headquarters. The company is set to install more than 800 modules with a nominal output of 340 kilowatts peak. Together with the new Innovation Center, this will produce a total output of 305,000 kilowatt hours per year.
Baumer has announced that it will install more than 800 photovoltaic modules on the facades and roofs of buildings at its headquarters in the St.GallenBodenseeArea in June 2023. This solar technology will have a nominal output of 340 kilowatts peak, according to a press release. Together with the Innovation Center, which is currently under construction and will produce 130,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year, a total output of 305,000 kilowatt hours per year is expected. As a result, the sensor specialist will be able to obtain 11 per cent of its required electricity from solar power in future.
By investing in the solar building envelope, the Frauenfeld-based sensor specialist is continuing its Baumer Blue innovation initiative, which focuses on sustainability, energy efficiency and modern infrastructure.
The company says it is already purchasing exclusively green energy in Frauenfeld and at all its sites in Germany. As part of efforts to optimize consumption, Baumer is also implementing energy-saving measures and the Innovation Center’s heating and cooling concept will be based on geothermal probes and heat pumps. ce/heg