RENOLIT relies on hydroelectric power
In future, RENOLIT will rely on electricity from hydropower from the Weser power plant in Bremen. The company recently concluded a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with EWE Vertrieb GmbH for this purpose. RENOLIT will exclusively purchase the electricity produced by the modern power plant in Bremen-Hastedt from 2025 to 2028.
The Weser power plant has a total output of ten megawatts (MW), making it currently the largest tidal run-of-river power plant in Germany. Electricity production fluctuates slightly with the ebb and flow of the tide. The power plant has a comprehensive, constantly optimised fish protection concept consisting of several ascent and descent aids. The Weser did not have to be dammed because of the existing weir.
The Weser power plant in Bremen supplies an average of 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year. This corresponds to around a third of the electricity purchased by RENOLIT for the four German plants.
As there is no individual line connection between the power plant and the RENOLIT plants, the company also purchases guarantees of origin in order to comply with the legal framework for green electricity. These do not come anonymously only from "European hydropower", but "100% from the Weser power plant".
As electricity from hydropower does not cause any greenhouse gas emissions, RENOLIT is improving its balance for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) and taking a further step towards CO2 neutrality by 2045. This will also reduce the carbon footprint of the products (PCF) manufactured at the German sites. Over the next four years, this is expected to save a total of around 37,000 tonnes of CO2 - roughly equivalent to the average CO2 emissions of 2,200 two-person households over the same period. In this way, RENOLIT is living up to its claim of ensuring a green carbon footprint, which also meets the growing needs of customers.
RENOLIT is also looking for an optimal solution for the remaining two thirds of the purchased electricity that does not currently come from renewable energies. The criteria here are both the purchase price and the CO2 footprint of the electricity.
