Cemex increase focus on renewable energy sources
Company confirms commitment to ‘Future in Action’ strategy, which aims to mitigate climate change
CEMEX Central Europe Materials are developing their focus on renewable energy, a move that is providing both environmental and financial benefits. Since 2023, the company’s solar installations in this region have already generated 2GWh of energy – enough to power 350 households for one year – and further photovoltaic farms are already under construction at Cemex’s Central Europe Materials plants, confirming the company’s commitment to the ‘Future in Action’ strategy, which aims to mitigate climate change.
By consistently expanding their portfolio of photovoltaic farms in Central Europe, Cemex are reducing their reliance on traditional energy methods and gaining a long-term return on investment by saving on energy costs. Another of the main benefits is conducting business in accordance with environmental conditions.
Currently, Cemex plants in this region operate five photovoltaic farms – four of them are in Germany and one in Pruszków near Warsaw, in Poland. Soon, there will be a total of nine such farms in Poland, with new installations being launched on the premises of cement and concrete plants in Mysłowice, Warsaw, Lublin, Szczecin, Gdańsk, as well at Mirowo Quarry under an agreement with EDP Energia Polska. Once built, these photovoltaic installations will have total capacity exceeding 14MWp.
Moreover, in Germany, Cemex will install an additional 30kWp at a Berlin ready-mixed concrete plant, powering not only the batching plant but also the electric mixer fleet with solar energy.
Existing farms already supply Cemex plants in Central Europe Materials with 128.4MWh of energy per month. Once the new installations are up and running, this will amount to as much as 291.4MWh.
‘In the era of ongoing climate change, we need investments that will allow our societies to develop in a more sustainable manner while also increasing our company’s efficiency,’ said Patryk Czaplewski, director of operational excellence for Central Europe at Cemex. ‘Obtaining energy from renewable sources, which reduces carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere and cuts our use of traditional energy methods, is key in this context.
‘We are consistently increasing the share of renewable energy in our energy mix. Thanks to this, we can expand our offering of lower-emission products, supporting customers in reducing the carbon footprint of their investments.’
The first Cemex photovoltaic farms in Central Europe were launched in Germany in 2022. It is in this country that Cemex have their largest solar installation in the region. The floating photovoltaic farm on the reservoir in the Immelborn gravel pit, near Erfurt, has a capacity of 750kWp and produces approximately 830MWh of energy per year.
The first photovoltaic farm on the premises of Polish Cemex plants was built four years ago at the ready-mixed concrete plant in Pruszków. Here, 124 panels have a total capacity of 50kWp and the annual energy production from this installation meets 20% of the plant’s demand.
Investments in photovoltaics are not the only activities of Cemex in the area of renewable energy. At the beginning of 2025, an eight-year contract with Norwegian company Statkraft began to supply Polish Cemex plants with energy from both domestic wind and photovoltaic farms, securing 30% of Cemex Polska’s energy needs.
