Samskip, the global logistics business, has installed the biggest solar panel system in the Port of Rotterdam through its subsidiary frigoCare. The €1million system is located on the roof of frigoCare’s Rotterdam cold-store – with 3,100 solar panels covering an area of 7,500 sq m.
The system is able to produce 750,000kWh of electricity a year, which the company says is equivalent to the amount needed to power 250 family homes in a year.
The development was part of a partnership with Zon Exploitatie Nederland, the Dutch renewable energy company.
The port currently has a target to generate 20 GWh via solar power by 2018, and 1,000 GWh by 2030.