GHG Emissions, Industrial, Solar  -  February 12, 2025

Snop Adds Solar in Germany, France, Spain

French automotive company Snop plans to develop solar power plants at its facilities in France, Spain, and Germany, accelerating its sustainability targets. 

Snop signed an agreement with EDP, which will implement decentralized solar energy projects on the ground and rooftops of the company's factory sites in the three European countries.

The partnership involves installing over 9,200 solar panels with a total capacity of around 5 MWp across facilities in locations such as Étupes (France), Nigrán (Spain), and Artern and Buchholz (Germany). The installation in Spain is already operational and was completed just six months after the partnership was signed. 

EDP and Snop intend to expand this collaboration, aiming for up to 10 MWp of solar energy with future projects planned in Europe.

Snop will now be able to significantly reduce its dependence on the energy grid while ramping up the use of electricity generated through a clean source to power its facilities. This partnership will on average cover around 20% of the factories' electricity consumption needs, and the plants together will be able to produce 4.6 GWh annually. 

The installations of these projects will help avoid the emission of more than 3,400 tons of CO2 per year, which would be emitted if the same amount of electricity were produced in these countries from non-renewable sources.  

"We are happy to be working on our carbon strategy with EDP, a crucial step for Snop  to achieve our targets on carbon neutrality. Collaborating with EDP is an essential part of this journey, and we are actively exploring opportunities to expand this partnership to additional countries. This marks just the beginning of productive collaboration as we continue to strengthen our cooperation”, said Jan Selbach, Senior Director Purchasing at Snop, in a statement.

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