Nashik manufactures with 75 percent green energy

The Nashik site in India is sourcing additional solar power from a further photovoltaic field. Covering an area of 113,000 square meters, the external plant generates 13,400 megawatt hours per year, which corresponds to 35 percent of the plant's electricity needs. Together with the electricity that the site has been purchasing for four years from another photovoltaic field and the electricity from its own photovoltaic system on the roof of the capacitor production, the plant can now cover 75 percent of its energy needs with green electricity.

The new photovoltaic field is located approximately 550 kilometers east of Nashik in the country's interior. TDK India has entered into a partnership with an external power generator that has constructed the plant and has invested 26 percent of the equity capital.

The solar power generated is used exclusively by the Nashik site. This enables the plant to reduce its CO2 emissions by almost 11,000 tons per year and to cut electricity costs.

The management of TDK India expressed its satisfaction at reaching another milestone in the utilization of alternative energies: “TDK Nashik has achieved yet another significant milestone in green energy transition by installing the second offsite solar plant”, says Prabal Ray, Chairman and Managing Director TDK India. “We feel proud to lead by example in the transition to a clean energy future. We will continue to explore more such opportunities and are fully committed to create a greener world.”

Around 3,000 panels on an area of almost 11,000 square meters: the photovoltaic system on the roof of the capacitor production facility in Nashik went into operation in 2019 and generates around 1,300 megawatt hours of solar power a year.