Sustainable Energy Investment for 1 Million Dollars

Sep 23 2020

The largest SPP (Solar Power Plant System) project of the European Side of Istanbul is being implemented by Mars Logistics with an investment of approximately 1 million dollars. With the project, 12.098 m2 roof area of Hadımköy Logistics Center will be covered with solar panels.

Mars Logistics is realizing the biggest SPP (Solar Power Plant System) project of the European Side by investing approximately 1 million dollars. In the project where 12,098 square meters of roof area of Hadımköy Logistics Center will be covered with solar panels, 4914 photovoltaic solar panels will be used. The installed power of the Rooftop Solar Power Plant will be 2 MW and it will be able to generate 2.5 MWh / year of electricity throughout the year. It is planned to use the electrical energy that will be produced with the biggest SPP project of the European Side throughout the facility. The project, which was initiated as a result of the researches conducted with the aim of producing sustainable projects with an understanding of doing business respectful to nature, is expected to be completed and ready for use on 1 October 2020.

Garip Sahillioğlu, Chairman of the Board of Mars Logistics, stated that the project will serve multiple purposes and said: “Hadımköy Logistics Center Rooftop Solar Power Plant has been on the agenda since the construction of Hadımköy Logistics Center and we have implemented the global It will serve more than one purpose among the sustainable development goals. The project was shaped by our sustainable projects, sustainable development goals and our life cycle perspective. "

94,469 Trees Will be Saved Annually

Pointing out that the project will show its positive effects on nature in the short term, Garip Sahillioğlu said: “In addition to the general advantages of renewable energy, the project is a clean energy source that affects the environment much less than fossil energy technologies, it produces endless energy sources, greenhouse effect and positive effects on global warming. we preferred it because of its effects. In return for the electricity to be produced within the scope of the project, 1,133.63 tons of carbon dioxide will be saved annually and there will be emission reduction for 94,469 trees annually and 2,361,725 trees at the end of 25 years.

The Project Will Serve Sustainable Development Goals

Sahillioğlu stated that, with the project they will implement, they will serve a total of 7 purposes out of the Sustainable Development Goals, which consists of 17 goals determined by the United Nations, and said that: “With this project, we will directly serve the following purposes from the Sustainable Development Goals: ‘Affordable and Clean Energy' and 'Climate Action'. Indirectly, we will serve the following purposes: 'Decent Work and Economic Growth', 'Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure', 'Sustainable City and Communities’, 'Responsible Consumption and Production' and ‘Partnerships for the Goals’ Thus, we will serve 7 purposes in total."

Sustainability Investments Will Continue

Sahillioğlu stating that, "Using the most appropriate technology and processes in its activities to protect the ecological balance by using sustainable resources and to reduce carbon emissions is one of the environmental policies implemented by Mars Logistics" and stated that they included this understanding in all activities of Mars Logistics, "As a result of the use of Intermodal, an environmentally friendly method of transportation, we prevented 18.7 billion kilograms of carbondioxide emission and saved 1 million 560 thousand trees. With the recycling of our paper waste, we prevented 9,168 trees from being cut down only between 2016-2020. Since 2006, we have created Mars Forests by planting 5,200 plants in Çatalca, Manisa and Çanakkale with the cooperation of ÇEKÜL, TEMA and the Aegean Forest Foundation. With our social responsibility project, we prevented the pollution of millions of liters of clean water by recycling waste oil. Thanks to our rainwater collection project in Hadımköy Logistics Center, we provide separate collection of rain water and meet the various water needs of the campus (fire water, etc.), especially the environmental landscape. In our logistics warehouses, we use paper pallets made of recycled paper instead of classical wooden pallets.” Stating that they will continue their activities and investments with a sustainability understanding, Sahillioğlu said that the works for new projects are continuing.