The Plößberg site of HORN Glass Industries has around 380 employees, 130 of them in production, ensuring individual components of a furnace or that of an entire glass factory are produced and shipped on schedule.

In a bid to minimize the associated CO2 emissions in the long term and to be able to produce more sustainably in the future, HORN is itself relying on renewable energies. Over the past 13 months a photovoltaic system with an output of almost 1MW has been installed in Plößberg in cooperation with the company SM Energy. In September, this was successfully commissioned by Stephan Meindl (Member of the Board of HORN Glass Industries), Markus Zant (Head of Projects & Technology at HORN Glass Industries) and Markus Sporrer (Managing Director of SM Energy) together with the respective employees responsible.

A total of 2,498 modules were installed on an area of 4,802m². In total, the plant is expected to produce 935MWh annually. "We have the goal of covering up to 50% of our own energy needs with our photovoltaic system in the future," explains Mr Zant. "The photovoltaic system on our production halls and storage halls as well as the administrative buildings is an important step towards sustainability." The electricity generated is used both in administration and in production, and is also used to supply the newly installed charging columns for future electric company cars.

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Image: Horn has installed 2,498 solar panels across the Plößberg site.