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On Thursday, Mondeléz International officially handed over its new solar park on the premises of its factory in Székesfehérvár, central Hungary. The USD 2.3 million investment has created the group’s largest solar park in Central-Eastern Europe.
Dominik Boguslawski, factory manager at the Székesfehérvár site, said that the 25,000-square-meter solar park is also the company’s largest green project in Hungary. He noted that sustainability is one of the most important pillars of their strategy, and this investment has strengthened that pillar.
He said that as the world’s leading snack manufacturer, they have more than 100 factories worldwide and are proud that in Székesfehérvár, global brands such as Milka, Cadbury, and Oreo, as well as local brands such as Pilóta and Győri Édes, will be produced in the future using green energy.
Áron Mayer, head of business development and investment, said that
as part of the project, 4,096 solar panels were installed on vacant land next to the factory, covering 25 percent of their annual electricity needs.
Photo: MTI/Vasvári Tamás
He mentioned that they have also made progress in the area of conscious energy use: they have reduced the energy consumption of their machines by modernizing their equipment, replacing light bulbs with LEDs, and prioritizing secondary energy use with the help of heat recovery systems.
According to the press release,
the system will generate 3,000 MWh of renewable energy per year, reducing the factory’s carbon dioxide emissions by 600 tons annually.
Mondeléz Hungária Kft. has been operating in Hungary for nearly 30 years through its predecessors, the Hungarian commercial representatives of Mondelez International Inc. The Győri Keksz Kft. plant in Székesfehérvár employs 600 people, and the chocolate and biscuits produced there are exported to over 30 countries.
Via MTI, Featured image: MTI/Vasvári Tamás