Located at the company’s logistics centre in Abrera (Barcelona), the new installation consists of 16,500 solar panels, delivering a total output of 8 MW and with the capacity to generate 9.5 GWh per year, thereby reducing annual CO2 emissions by 1,270 tonnes.
Mercadona's rooftop installations now produce a total of 100 MW (for on-site consumption). This total power supply will allow the company to generate energy equivalent to the annual consumption of 40,000 homes and reduce CO2 emissions by 16,000 tonnes per year.
For years, the company has had its own Environmental Management System based on identifying, preventing and reducing the impact of its activities on the environment.
The pillars on which Mercadona's environmental policy are based include logistics optimisation, energy efficiency, waste management, food waste prevention and biodiversity.
These crates can be reused over 120 times, are easily repairable and are 100% recyclable, which benefits the whole distribution chain.
By reusing these Mercadona green crates, the use of over 200,000 tonnes of materials is avoided per year, and 107,072 lorry journeys are eliminated per year, which reduces CO2 emissions.
In 2023, the projection is to increase its capacity for renewable energy generation at 240 stores and at new logistics centres and Hives.
A Mercadona store with solar panels saves approximately 20% of its annual energy consumption compared with a store without photovoltaic energy installed, which entails a reduction of approximately 30 tonnes of CO2 per supermarket.
After investing over 14 million euros in 2022 in the installation of new solar panels, reducing emissions of over 3,000 tonnes of CO2.
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