HHLA TK Estonia, a subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has built the biggest solar park in the Estonian Muuga Harbour.
The first phase of HHLA TK Estonia’s new solar power park in the Port of Muuga has been installed on top of two warehouses and put into operation.
On sunny days, its energy production fully covers the electricity consumption of two warehouses’ cooling and ventilation equipment as well as the consumption of a nearby workshop and an office, according to HHLA.
Additionally, the surplus green energy is delivered to the power grid of the port.
The expansion of the plant is already planned.
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Riia Sillave, CEO of HHLA TK Estonia, said: “With the completed solar installation, we aim to generate up to more than half of our total electricity consumption ourselves in a sustainable way.
“Combining the daytime loading operations of our dual power hydrocrane with the solar power, we are operating already CO2 neutral in peak hours.”
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The Project Manager, Arvi Lugenberg, explained the technical details: “The first two working solar parks have a total capacity of around 240-kilowatt peak (kWp), generating an average of 720-kilowatt hour (kWh) per day.
“In May, the modules produced 46,000 kWh, which helped to cover 50 per cent of the consumption of the general cargo terminal.”
According to HHLA, the expected total production of the facility – based on multi-year average sunlight data – is 240.000 kWh annually.
