KHS GmbH and employee cooperative MaGeno-Solar eG are continuing to drive the increase in renewable energy use, with a new photovoltaic system at the KHS production site in Worms, Germany. With its 834 solar modules, the PV system has a capacity of 379.47 kWp and the potential to supply around 342,000 kWh of electricity a year – enough to cover much of the plant’s energy requirement.

With its new PV system, KHS Worms will save about 236 metric tons of CO2 per annum. In doing so, the site is making a major contribution to the Group-wide climate strategy: by 2028 the KHS Group wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions at all of its production plants by approximately 36%. Together with its parent company Salzgitter AG, the turnkey supplier is aiming for climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest.

Within KHS, the factory in Worms is heralded as its competence centre for palletizing technology and employs about 250 people. “The photovoltaic system is a further move towards making our production setup more sustainable and more independent,” said Plant Manager Dr. Mohamed Astitouh. “We’re demonstrating that economic success and climate protection belong together.” Similar projects are to be successfully introduced at all other national and international KHS production sites.

Photovoltaic system at the Worms plant