FIEGE expands PV system in Greven-Reckenfeld
The logistics company FIEGE has brought online a large-scale expansion to its existing PV system in Greven-Reckenfeld. The entire solar array will produce up to 2.4 gigawatt hours of green power annually. This corresponds with the average annual consumption of around 700 private homes, thus creating the basis for the location’s own energy ecosystem of FIEGE in Reckenfeld.
FIEGE is consistently driving the expansion of its photovoltaic areas. At its Greven-Reckenfeld facility, the logistics provider has comprehensively increased the PV system already in use. An additional 4,500 PV panels have been installed on 20,000 square metres, upping the solar array’s overall capacity to almost 3,000-kilowatt peak. Roughly 20 per cent of the green power will be used directly by FIEGE’s logistics centre. Any excess power will be back-fed into the grid.
Overall, 28,000 square metres of the rooftop at the FIEGE location in Reckenfeld are taken up by approximately 7,000 PV panels. Nikolaus von Blomberg, who oversees FIEGE Real Estate together with Kai Alfermann and Thoralf Schuster in the position of Managing Director, says: “The second expansion phase has almost tripled the solar array’s capacity. This creates the foundation for the facility’s own, independent energy ecosystem. We want to re-think the logistics facility of the future and gradually advance our real properties into becoming small, sustainable power plants.”
An additional 4,500 PV panels have been installed on 20,000 square metres on the roof of the FIEGE facility in Greven-Reckenfeld, upping the solar array’s overall capacity to almost 3,000-kilowatt peak. (Photo: FIEGE)
In addition to the extended PV system, FIEGE is planning to also install the first energy storage units in Reckenfeld for the Group. “Battery storage helps us to lower the need to buy-in power during times of peak demand and increase the in-house use of our captive power production considerably”, von Blomberg explains. The goal is clearly defined: “We want to become less dependent on the electricity market and fluctuating energy prices in order to further increase resilience against external factors not just for ourselves, but also in our position as a service provider, for our clients. We also count on cooperating with local partners in the neighbourhood who would be ideal potential buyers for our captively produced renewable energy.”
Going forward, FIEGE is also considering to power high-performance charging stations for electric trucks as well as heating systems operated by thermal pumps by captive power. Jens Fiege, who has been running the fifth-generation, more than 150-year-old family business as Co-CEO with his cousin, Felix Fiege says: “Photovoltaics are one of the most powerful levers for a successful turnaround of energy policies which is why we are pursuing these ambitious expansion goals. By 2030, we aim to produce more renewable energy in Germany than we consume ourselves. Expanding our PV system in Reckenfeld is a further crucial step on this road.”
