Neunkirchen, September 27, 2023: On the Pfannenberg in Neunkirchen, the SCHÄFER Werke GmbH & Co. KG ground has been broken for the largest open-space photovoltaic system in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district to date. With the PV system planned by CUBE CONCEPTS, the corporate group is taking major strides toward its target of achieving climate neutrality by 2030. The SCHÄFER WERKE Group is a family-owned business uniting many generations under one roof. The topic of sustainability is of great importance.
Globally active company from Siegerland
The family-run SCHÄFER WERKE Group is headquartered in Neunkirchen in the Siegerland region. From there, it operates worldwide with diversified business segments. These include EMW Steel Service Center, sheet metal, container systems and industrial containers, infrastructure for data centers, and facilities for offices and workshops. These business segments operate on the common basis of high-quality steel precision sheet metal, the processing of which is one of the company’s traditional core competencies.
One-third of electricity demand from green electricity
In order to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and improve energy security, the company is building a solar park on an area of around 11,500 square meters to the north-east of the company premises. Up to 4,560 solar modules will generate an output of two megawatt peak (2 MWp). This will cover around a third of the total electricity requirements of the locally based SCHÄFER WERKE. The site offers space for plants, insects, birds and reptiles, among other things. The site will also be enhanced by the planned grazing.
Climate neutrality for the SCHÄFER WERKE Group by 2030
For the SCHÄFER WERKE Group, the construction of the solar park is an important step towards becoming more self-sufficient from other sources of electricity and also reducing its CO2-balance by around 1,260 tons of carbon dioxide per year. "For SCHÄFER, this investment is of outstanding importance with regard to our goal of climate neutrality by 2030. With this plant, we are investing in a sustainable future and significantly improving our ecological balance sheet," says Marcus Düber, Managing Director of SCHÄFER Werke GmbH & Co. KG.
The plant was designed by CUBE CONCEPTS. „The extensive network of experienced solar specialists allows us to always find a sustainable solution. We are pleased that we can now move from planning to concrete realization with the start of construction work,“ says Luca Bermpohl, Account Manager at CUBE CONCEPTS. The plant is scheduled to go into operation in spring 2024.