DSV building solar-powered warehouses

DSV is constructing two new warehouses totaling 175,000 square metres (1.9 million square feet) that will be powered entirely by on-site renewable energy.

With more than 100,000 sqm (one million square feet) of solar panels, DSV’s new facilities in Landskrona, Sweden, will run entirely on renewable energy and be able to provide charging for trucks and other electric vehicles. Surplus energy produced will supply the local electricity grid.

Lessons learned from these facilities will help DSV designed future logistics infrastructure.

The Landskrona facilities are the first of their kind to be equipped by DSV Energy with renewable energy solutions. DSV Energy is a newly developed initiative that specializes in energy production, consumption and trading. The facility will play an important role in DSV’s efforts to support the green transition and turn the company into active energy producers rather than passive users.

“We have four new DSV Energy sites planned in the near future, and we look forward to extending this initiative even further. I’m excited about how these developments will positively impact our and our customers’ ability to reduce our emissions while continuing to operate with the same quality and productivity levels,” said Anders Rousing, vice-president, group operational sustainability at DSV.

DSV is committed to achieving net-zero CO2 emissions in 2050 and addressing the challenges of decarbonizing the sector. As well as powering the facilities, DSV is looking for a solution to support electrification of trucking services, which is critical to achieve net-zero road transportation by 2050.

“The development of these pilot facilities will enable DSV to provide a fully renewable energy supply for our own operations, reducing both our direct and indirect carbon emission. This concept is a key component of DSV’s decarbonization commitment, and I am proud to see DSV building infrastructure that will support the green transition of the industry,” said Jens Bjørn Andersen, group CEO of DSV.

The capacity of the rooftop solar park will be 14 MwP, which corresponds to the energy needed to power roughly 1,400 households for a year. The facilities will only require around 25 percent of the energy produced.

In addition to operating the warehouses, the remaining electricity produced from the solar panels will be stored in batteries and used for charging electric vehicles and trailers. Any excess capacity of energy will be transferred to the local electricity grid.

Once finished, the facilities in Landskrona will include temperature-controlled storage areas as well as a range of automated solutions. Located next to existing facilities, the total warehousing area of over 225,000 sqm (2.4 million sq.ft.) will make Landskrona one of the largest logistics centres in the Nordic region. The new warehouses will be certified according to BREEAM Excellent standards, and construction is expected to be finished and ready for use in Q2 2024.