“We have 200 sunny days in Romania on average a year, which means green power can be successfully used in every region of the country,” says Valer Hancas, communication and corporate affairs manager with Kaufland Romania.
Kaufland uses only renewable sources for the electricity its stores need.
The retailer developed four photovoltaic parks, thee of them rooftop parks and one on the ground at the logistics warehouse in Turda. The retailer wants to install photovoltaic panels at three more stores in the country by yearend, a move that will continue over the coming years.
Penny Market has invested more than EUR1 million in this, too, installing photovoltaic panels at 33 stores.
“We plan to reduce our negative impact on the environment as much as possible,” the company officials say.
Mega Image is looking into an investment in a biogas power stations, while Cora intends to install rooftop panels at its stores, which generate at least 20% of the electricity used, in the next two to five years.
Metro plans to invest in a 480-kWh photovoltaic park in 2022.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)