Vattenfall, Wieland strike 46-MW solar PPA in Germany

Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall AB and German copper products maker Wieland Group today unveiled a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) that will support the decarbonisation of industrial production.

The contract is tied to Vattenfall’s 46-MW solar park in Nauen, Brandenburg, Germany, which is currently under development. Once completed in 2025, it will be supplying around 46 GWh of electricity per year for metalworking processes.

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“In addition to our own renewable energy production through photovoltaic systems, Wieland has set itself the ambitious goal of using 100% renewable energy for its electrified production facilities in the future," said Erwin Mayr, CEO of the Wieland Group.

The PPA will allow Wieland-Werke AG to cover about 10% of its energy needs in Germany with renewable energy.

"Our energy partnership with Wieland is an example of how entire value chains can be made fossil-free in practice. Because it decarbonises precisely those metalworking processes that ultimately form the basis for products and services central to the energy transition - including our own," commented Christine zu Putlitz, who is in charge of marketing renewable energy at Vattenfall.

The announcement notes that after the political decision against a subsidised industrial electricity price in Germany, demand for electricity partnerships between producers and industrial companies is expected to increase in the coming years.