Added value for real estate at one of Europe’s largest solar power rooftop
installations at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte.
In 2023 Sunrock installed a 120,000 m2 photovoltaic (PV) system on the roof of the
PATRIZIA logistics centre at Rotterdam’s Maasvlakte which has a capacity of 25- Megawattpeak (MWp), enough to meet the annual energy needs of approximately 8,000 households. This project will account for around half of the total solar power output of PATRIZIA’s Dutch logistics real estate portfolio in 2023.
Sustainability ratings
Real estate funds require sustainability ratings and reliable energy data for their real
estate portfolio. Buildings that lack this could be depreciated. This installation improves
the value of PATRIZIA’s current and yet to be built real estate and helps to increase their
sustainability ratings. Therefore, this project is an excellent example of how solar roof
installations support real estate owners in their effort to reach their environmental
impact goals.
Emile Poort, PATRIZIA Country Head for the Netherlands: “When PATRIZIA
acquired the Maasvlakte distribution centre development in 2021 for EUR 230 million, it
was the biggest single Dutch logistics real estate deal by area on record. Now in
partnership with Sunrock, we have set a new sustainability benchmark with the largest
single rooftop solar power installation in the Netherlands, and this is just the start of
PATRIZIA’s pan-European renewable energy journey in the logistics sector. The wide
rooftop areas and typically large site footprints of ‘big box’ logistics developments are
ideal for the installation of PV systems. Our ambitious plans are just the tip of the
iceberg, as the fast-expanding European logistics real estate industry rolls out its vast
network of renewable energy production hubs, we will make a major contribution to the
EU’s carbon-neutral targets and in the existential battle against climate change.”
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