Cemex Croatia to build new solar power plants at three production facilities
14 March 2024
Cemex Croatia has been awarded contracts by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund to implement three projects for energy production from renewable sources. The projects will be co-financed by the EU’s Modernisation Fund.
The total installed capacity of the solar power plants will be 6.34 MW (Photo: AdobeStock)
Under these contracts, Cemex will build new solar power plants on the roofs of three locations: Sv. Juraj cement plant in Kaštel Sućurac, Sv. Kajo cement plant in Solin, and the Podsused production facility in Zagreb. The total value of these projects will be over €5 million, out of which approximately €3 million will be co-financed by the EU.
The total installed capacity of the solar power plants will be 6.34 MW. At the Sv. Juraj plant, photovoltaic systems with an installed power of 3.79 MW, worth €3 million, will be added. At the Sv. Kajo plant, photovoltaic systems with an installed power of 2.14 MW, worth €1.7 million, will be fitted.
Both of these investments will be co-financed by the Modernisation Fund to the amount of 60%. Photovoltaic systems with an installed capacity of 0.41 MW will be set on the Podsused production facility, and 50% of the project’s value of approximately €318,000 will be co-financed by European means.
“The savings that these measures will bring to us in terms of energy consumption will increase the efficiency of our production and reduce emissions from our operations and confirm our status as a manufacturing company that takes its obligations in terms of energy and thus climate efficiency very seriously. These are just some of the projects we are planning to achieve our climate goals”, said Marijan Zekić, Cemex’s Croatia project and quality assurance manager.
