AMAG now also produces solar power in Zuchwil
AMAG has connected a photovoltaic system to the power grid at its site in Zuchwil. A further one is to be commissioned there at the end of the year. By 2025, Switzerland's largest car dealer wants to produce more than 20 per cent of the electricity it needs itself.
AMAG Zuchwil/Solothurn has installed and commissioned a photovoltaic system on the roof of the VW and Škoda building. On an area of 726 square metres, 367 solar panels are to produce 155,978 kilowatt hours of energy per year. With the same performance data, the garage expects to have a second system installed on the roof of its Audi and Seat building by the end of the year.
“The fact that we are now also one of the AMAG businesses that can produce our own electricity with a photovoltaic system not only makes us proud, but also more sustainable and independent,” AMAG Solothurn’s managing director Raphael Biberstein is quoted as saying in a media release. “We need the electricity primarily for customer vehicles and for our own fleet.”
By 2025, around 75,000 square metres of AMAG’s roof surface will reportedly be equipped with solar modules. This is roughly equivalent to the area of ten football pitches. This means that the car dealer will produce more than 20 per cent of its current electricity consumption itself.