The plant in Judenburg was erected on the hall roof of Wuppermann Austria GmbH (WA). The investment volume amounted to 251,000 euros. The annual electricity generation of the photovoltaic system is around 418 MWh and the nominal output is 380 kWp. "Our production site has already been using 100 percent electricity from renewable sources since the beginning of 2019. This means that we are completely CO2-free in our electricity purchases. Generating our own green electricity was the next logical step within our sustainability concept," explains WA Managing Director Hubert Pletz.
In addition to galvanized steel strip, WA also produces galvanized pipes and profiles and is one of the largest production sites within the Wuppermann Group. "The start was made at the beginning of the year by our plant in Hungary. The pipe mill in Altmünster followed in March and again two months later our site in Judenburg also receives electricity via its own PV system," says CEO Johannes Nonn.