Accelleron gets electricity from the roof in Baden
Turboladerspezialist Accelleron hat seine neue Photovoltaikanlage auf den Dächern der Firmengebäude eingeweiht. Sie ist die grösste in Baden und verteilt sich mit 2533 Modulen und einer Kapazität von 1 Megawatt auf vier Dächer.
According to a press release, Accelleron Industries AG has inaugurated the city’s largest photovoltaic system at its headquarters in Baden in the presence of Mayor Markus Schneider. The system was put into operation in December. It is spread across four roofs of company buildings with 2533 modules and a capacity of 1 megawatt peak output and is expected to produce around 1 gigawatt hour per year. According to the company, this corresponds to the annual energy requirements of 400 households or 150 journeys around the world in an electric car. Accelleron now covers 10 per cent of its annual electricity requirements in Baden with green energy, the statement continues.
“As a leading company in the turbocharger industry, Accelleron is committed to decarbonisation and is making a positive contribution to sustainability,” said Herbert Müller, President of Accelleron’s High Speed Division and Co-Managing Director of the subsidiary Turbo Systems Switzerland. With this project, Accelleron Switzerland is playing a pioneering role in the use of renewable energies, Müller continued. Markus Schneider was the guest of honour at the inauguration ceremony. “I would like to thank Accelleron as an important Baden-based company for this commitment to renewable energies. This is exactly the kind of project we need on the roofs of companies in Baden,” Schneider is quoted as saying.
According to the company press release, it took less than eight months from the internal project approval to the commissioning of the plant in December 2023. Although the project is still in an early operating phase, important insights have already been gained, such as the effects of snow conditions on electricity production with solar installations, according to Accelleron.