07.05.22
Teknos has installed solar panels in its paint production factory in Rajamäki, Finland. Using solar power is one of the company’s actions to decrease the usage of fossil fuels and to combat climate change. Besides switching to renewable energy sources, the company’s goal is to decrease energy consumption overall in all of its sites. Teknos recently received EcoVadis Gold medal for its sustainability efforts.
“Sustainability has always played a very crucial role in Teknos' strategy and, therefore, installation of the solar panels was an important and tangible action for us to do,” says Petri Holm, Operations Manager in Rajamäki.
In Rajamäki, Teknos produces powder coatings and waterborne liquid coatings. The usage of the new solar panels will cover up to 2% of the energy usage for the whole factory. This means that the majority of the factory’s cooling processes can be run with solar energy. The 2% annual electricity savings at the factory are comparable with the annual consumption of energy of about ten electricity heated single-family homes.
The rooftop of the Rajamäki factory was renovated for the solar panels during the turn of the year of 2022. Now there lies almost 600 powerful solar panels on the roof, which each year cover a total capacity of 210kW and produce 180MWh renewable domestic energy for the direct usage of the factory. The solar panel installation is also a action in the voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreement initiative in Finland, which Teknos takes part in. The aim of the agreement is to challenge all the participating companies to make thousands of energy efficiency actions per year.
“Sustainability has always played a very crucial role in Teknos' strategy and, therefore, installation of the solar panels was an important and tangible action for us to do,” says Petri Holm, Operations Manager in Rajamäki.
In Rajamäki, Teknos produces powder coatings and waterborne liquid coatings. The usage of the new solar panels will cover up to 2% of the energy usage for the whole factory. This means that the majority of the factory’s cooling processes can be run with solar energy. The 2% annual electricity savings at the factory are comparable with the annual consumption of energy of about ten electricity heated single-family homes.
Almost 600 powerful solar panels
The rooftop of the Rajamäki factory was renovated for the solar panels during the turn of the year of 2022. Now there lies almost 600 powerful solar panels on the roof, which each year cover a total capacity of 210kW and produce 180MWh renewable domestic energy for the direct usage of the factory. The solar panel installation is also a action in the voluntary Energy Efficiency Agreement initiative in Finland, which Teknos takes part in. The aim of the agreement is to challenge all the participating companies to make thousands of energy efficiency actions per year.