The Largest Mondeléz Solar Park in the CEE Region

On Thursday, Mondeléz International officially handed over its new solar park on the premises of its factory in Székesfehérvár: the USD 2.3 million (approximately HUF 780 million) investment has created the group's largest solar park in Central and Eastern Europe.

Dominik Boguslawski, factory manager in Székesfehérvár, said that the 25,000-square-meter solar park is also the company's largest green project in Hungary. He noted that sustainability is one of the most important pillars of their strategy, and this investment has strengthened that pillar.

He said that as the world's leading snack manufacturer, they have more than 100 factories worldwide and are proud that in Székesfehérvár, major global brands such as Milka, Cadbury and Oreo, as well as local brands such as Pilóta and Győri Édes, will be produced using green energy in the future.

Áron Mayer, head of business development and investment, said that as part of the project, 4,096 solar panels were installed on vacant land next to the factory, covering 25 percent of the factory's annual electricity needs.

He mentioned that they have also made progress in the area of conscious energy use: they have reduced the energy consumption of their machines by modernizing their equipment, replacing light bulbs with LEDs, and prioritizing secondary energy use with the help of heat recovery systems.

According to the press release, the system will generate 3,000 MWh of renewable energy per year, reducing the factory's carbon dioxide emissions by 600 tons annually.