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Mercedes-Benz selects UKA to install wind turbines

Itumeleng Garebatshabe
Last updated: May 24, 2023 10:42
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PRINZIPDARSTELLUNG: Mercedes-Benz kommt bei den Planungen zur Installation eines Windparks auf seinem Testgelände im norddeutschen Papenburg in großen Schritten voran. Die Planung zur Umsetzung des Windparkprojekts durch UKA und der ökologisch nachhaltigen Nutzung der Fläche erfolgt in enger Abstimmung mit den zuständigen lokalen Behörden sowie den Interessengruppen vor Ort. PRINCIPLE SKETCH: Mercedes-Benz is making great strides with its plans to install a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany. The planning for the implementation of the wind farm project by UKA and the ecologically sustainable use of the area is being carried out in close collaboration with the relevant local authorities and local stakeholders.
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  • Mercedes-Benz expands its green energy portfolio with on-site wind power
  • New onshore wind farm with more than 120 MW to cover around 20 percent of Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s annual electricity requirements in Germany from 2026 onwards
  • Long-term cooperation with investment in the hundreds of millions: Installation and operation of approx. 20 wind turbines planned by energy park developer UKA
  • Construction to begin in the coming year, subject to the necessary official approvals

Mercedes-Benz plans for installing a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, are taking shape: German energy park developer UKA (Umweltgerechte Kraftanlagen GmbH & Co. KG) has been awarded a long-term contract worth hundreds of millions to erect approximately 20 wind turbines by middle of the decade. The planned wind farm with a capacity of more than 120 MW will be operational on the site as part of a power purchase agreement (PPA) sufficient to cover around 20 percent of the annual electricity requirements of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany. The installation of photovoltaic systems on the test track is also being examined. The approval process for the wind farm is to start before the end of this year. Subject to the necessary regulatory approvals, construction of the wind turbines could begin as early as next year, and the wind farm could become operational in 2026.

Mercedes-Benz is proud to be making an important contribution to the expansion of wind energy in Germany with the new wind farm in Papenburg. By 2039, we intend to cover the energy needs of our global production network entirely with renewable energies, and therefore without CO₂ emissions. We are systematically gearing our locations up for this.

Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Production and Supply Chain Management

The approximately 800-hectare Papenburg test track has been an integral part of the company’s research and development activities since 1998. With this project, Mercedes-Benz is expanding its green power portfolio in the medium term and at the same time actively supporting the expansion of onshore wind energy in Germany. The planning for the implementation of the wind farm project by UKA and the ecologically sustainable use of the area is being carried out in close collaboration with the relevant local authorities and local stakeholders.

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We at UKA are very pleased that a tender was decided in our favour and are proud to be able to implement this project together with Mercedes-Benz. We all benefit from affordable, clean electricity produced independently in Germany.

Gernot Gauglitz, Managing Director UKA

The goal of Mercedes-Benz is to at least halve CO₂ emissions per passenger car over the entire lifecycle by the end of this decade, compared to 2020. The most important factors for this are electrification of the vehicle fleet, vehicle charging with green electricity, improving battery technology and extensive use of recycled materials and renewable energies in production.

Since the beginning of 2022, the worldwide production plants wholly owned by Mercedes-Benz have been operating with a neutral CO₂ balance. Today, 45 per cent of the total energy consumption in production is covered by electricity from renewable sources, largely thanks to a 100 percent green power supply. The company intends to increase the share of renewable energies in the total energy consumption of its own production locations to 70 per cent by 2030, not least by expanding on-site generating capacity.

To this end, Mercedes-Benz is focusing on the expansion of photovoltaic systems at its own locations: Up to 140 megawatts peak (MWp) are to be installed by 2025. This corresponds to one million square metres of new solar panels. Another focus of the company’s energy strategy is the expansion of the energy portfolio to include wind energy from onshore and offshore wind farms. The goal for all Mercedes-Benz production plants worldwide is to operate wholly with renewable energies and no CO₂ emissions by 2039.

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