3,120 solar panels have been installed on the 1.4 ha site of NMC at Eynatten as part of NMC’s global sustainable development policy.

An additional 3,696 solar panels were installed on the roofs of four warehouses of the company, next to the 2,000 existing panels. This means that the site now has nearly 9,000 panels installed, representing a capacity of 1,250 kWp on rooftops and 1,000 kWp on the ground.

The energy generated by these solar panels will be used entirely to cover the company’s own consumption. On the basis of 1,000 operating hours per year, the panels will cover 18% of the site’s total energy consumption (of 12,700 MWh/year).

The annual production of this new installation amounts to 1,995,000 Kwh, i.e. the equivalent of the consumption of 400 families. The installation will reduce CO2 emission by close to 500 tonnes annually (the equivalent of the pollution caused by 133 cars driving 25,000 km/year on the basis of 150 g of CO2/km).