Holcim UK, formerly Aggregate Industries, has covered the buildings of its Callow plant near Cheddar with 464 solar photovoltaic panels.
The Callow plant is home to a hard rock aggregate quarry, readymix concrete plant and a building products blocks factory.
The project, managed by Regenerco with installation carried out by Aniron, will be able to generate more than 167,000 KWh of power per year, equating to 8% of the site’s annual power needs and resulting in a saving of 15.6 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year.
Holcim has previously installed rooftop solar panels at its Huland Ward and Bardon Hill sites in the last 12 months.
Luke Olly, head of decarbonisation at Holcim UK, explained: “Renewable energy is one of the key components of our net-zero strategy and the more schemes we introduce the more clean energy we can produce, lowering carbon emissions and making our sites more self-sufficient.
“We are already working on a number of further schemes in the pipeline for the rest of 2025 as we continue our journey to net-zero.”
