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Swiss Post inaugurates solar power plant in Mülligen
Swiss Post is inaugurating one of the largest photovoltaic installation in Switzerland on the roof of the Mülligen letter centre. As the largest of around 20 planned systems of this kind, it will produce enough electricity for 370 Swiss households each year. A further eight systems will be completed in the course of the year. Since 2008, Swiss Post has obtained all of its electricity from renewable energy sources and, since 2012, all of its electricity has come from Switzerland.
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Swiss Post is inaugurating its largest photovoltaic installation on the roof of the Zurich-Mülligen letter centre. The system has a panel surface area of 8,000 m2, making it larger than a soccer field. It is one of the biggest installations in the country and will generate around 1,300 megawatt hours of electricity each year. This equals the power consumption of 370 Swiss households over the same period. The system saves 174 tonnes of CO2 a year in comparison to electricity from the Swiss sales mix. By opening the first in a series of around 20 planned systems, Swiss Post is making an important contribution to the Confederation’s Energy Strategy 2050. A smaller system was put into operation in Yverdon-les-Bains in December. The Frauenfeld parcel centre and seven other Swiss Post locations in Sion, Daillens, Geneva, Niederbipp, Berne and two sites in Härkingen will follow in the course of the year. On completion of all the planned projects, a total of around 6,600 megawatt hours of solar electricity should be fed into the grid each year.
Swiss Post’s commitment to climate protection
Since 2008, Swiss Post has covered all of its electricity requirements from renewable energy sources and, since 2012, all of its electricity has come from Switzerland. The electricity is produced by Swiss hydro power, wind power from the Swiss Jura and biomass and solar power from small plants in Switzerland. Swiss Post has a fleet of over 4,000 electric scooters and 156 biogas vehicles for delivering its letters and parcels, whilst PostBus runs hybrid and hydrogen buses, demonstrating Swiss Post’s active role in protecting the climate. It has also been offsetting the CO2 emissions of all its deliveries of domestic addressed letters since 1 April 2012. As a result, sending letters within Switzerland is carbon neutral.
Together with companies such as Coop, Migros, Swisscom and IKEA, Swiss Post has been a dedicated member of the WWF Climate Group for many years. Partners undertake to optimise the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of their businesses.
Climate protection at Swiss Post: www.swisspost.ch/climate
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