ROHLIG SUUS Logistics is a family-owned company of Polish origin operating in CEE markets and partnering with the international active Röhlig Logistic group. The areas of activity include logistics and supply chain management, entailing road, sea, air, and rail freight forwarding, warehousing services, project cargo, intermodal transport, and customs-related services.
The Energy Scouts Katarzyna Szemraj, Agnieszka Piotrowska, Michał Papaj, Michał Węklar and Aleksander Roszkiewicz participated in Young Energy Europe and looked for a solution to bring ROHLIG SUUS one step closer to providing green logistics services. Following internal consultations, they decided that the most promising project would involve installing a photovoltaic system at the warehouse in Sokołów near Warsaw. The motivation behind the choice of this location was the fact that the company already uses several solutions to boost energy efficiency in this warehouse, thus, the next step is to increase the amount of green energy that powers the facility and thereby reduce its CO2 footprint.
The project involves the construction of a 100 kWpeak system, divided in a system on the ground with an expected annual production of 52.7 MWh and on the roof of the pallet storage area with an expected annual production of 48.7 MWh.
The five Energy Scouts also mapped out the financing options for this investment. The approach they are following includes a 30% subsidy and a 70% loan with preferential terms on the whole investment. To participate in this specific program, Rohlig SUUS needs to form an energy cooperative with other companies in the logistics park or the municipality. This specific financing would lead to an amortization period of only 2.6 years, which is exceptionally good for a system which is expected to work for more than 20 years with minimal maintenance.
The PV-System would reduce the carbon footprint by 83 t CO2 per year and roughly 8% of the sites total CO2 emissions. Meanwhile the management started the realization of the project.
Finally, there is a long list of related benefits:
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions,
- reducing electricity bills and risks of volatility,
- fostering energy independence,
- increasing competitiveness,
- higher ESG ratings (where the % of green energy used is evaluated),
- the possibility to produce green hydrogen (in the future),
- the possibility to charge electric cars with green energy (chargers already available on site).
Photovoltaics
- Industry sector: logistic
- Energy source: electricity
- Energy savings potential: 101.4 MWh/year
- CO2 savings potential: 82.9 tons CO₂/year
- Investment costs: 63,000 €
- Payback period: 2 years and 7 months
- Company:
ROHLIG SUUS Logistics SA
ul. Równoległa 4a
02-235 Warszawa
www.suus.com
