HHLA's subsidiary operating in the Port of Tallinn's Muuga Harbour has two solar parks atop two warehouses, with a total capacity of around 240kWp that generates an average of 720kWh/day.

On sunny days, the energy production fully covers the electricity consumption of the warehouses' cooling and ventilation equipment, plus the needs of a nearby workshop and an office. Additionally, surplus green energy is delivered to the port's power grid.

HHLA TK Estonia has started preparations to install two additional power parks on the roofs of other warehouses. The 100kWp power park will supply the main office building and container maintenance & repair workshop. Another 400kWp plant will support the Container Yard Electrification project with green energy.

The future combined annual electricity production of the completed solar plant will be an estimated 640MWh.

"With the completed solar installation, we aim to generate up to more than half of our total electricity consumption ourselves in a sustainable way. Combining the daytime loading operations of our dual power hydrocrane with the solar power, we are operating already CO2 neutral in peak hours," highlighted Riia Sillave, HHLA TK Estonia's CEO.

She further underlined, "With this project, HHLA TK Estonia is contributing to the HHLA Group's goal of being climate neutral by 2040."

Photo: HHLA/Mihkel Notta