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Power of the Sun – How Solar Panels Save Your Brand’s Carbon Score?

Having a solar-powered clothing factory in your supply chain can significantly improve your company’s sustainability outlook. The reason is very simple – the electricity needed to manufacture the clothes is a big part of the carbon footprint of your products.

In the USA, generating electricity creates 25% of total greenhouse emissions. Being that the country relies on fossil fuels for almost 70% of its electricity, the greenhouse emissions would be similar to most textile manufacturing hubs worldwide. Here’s the list of the major textile manufacturing countries and their primary electricity production sources:

  • • China (coal 65%)
  • • India (coal 75%)
  • • Bangladesh (natural gas 62.9%)
  • • Pakistan (fossil fuels 64%)
  • • Indonesia (oil 41% coal 29%)

Also, in the near future, brands will be legally required to ensure their supply chain creates as little CO2 as possible. Clean electricity is a great start in the right direction and you should already be proactive about it.

FUSH˚ and solar power

Birdseye view photo of a clothing factory that has solar panels on the roof

Birdseye view of all the solar panels on the roofs of our clothing factory in south-eastern Serbia

Our key sustainability goal for the year 2021 came true – we became a solar-powered clothing manufacturer! Being that it’s (almost) always sunny in Oraovica (over 200 days of strong sunshine), this was a no-brainer decision for us. Also, it should be for anyone who can afford an investment that generally pays itself out in a period between 5 and 15 years. Let’s see how we did it.

Of course, we didn’t do it ourselves – we got in touch with solar energy professionals from Sunčica, a company that handles almost everything related to solar systems and solar plants. It took them around two weeks to instal panels on 3000 square meters of roofs and connect them to the inverters and the grid.

Houses at the foot of the hill and the white scattered clouds can be seen in this image.

This is what the surrounding area of the factory looks like

Is that enough to power our entire factory?

Yes, it absolutely is. Our solar system makes 100 kW of electric energy and the factory energy consumption never exceeds 80 kW. On top of that, we’ve installed hybrid inverters that can store energy in solar batteries. So if we expand, we’d still be able to generate electricity with the same number of solar panels. That would be the second step in our solar-powered journey towards zero emissions.

Also, we’re in the final steps of setting up an agreement with the national grid to sell them our excess solar-generated electricity. We’d also buy it back once we can’t generate 100% of electricity for our facility’s needs.

This way, even when we use energy from the grid, it remains clean.

Why solar power?

Being that we intend to eliminate our contribution to global warming entirely within the next ten years, using one of the cleanest sources of energy to power our factories is a great start. Also, Serbia generates around 70% of electric energy by using non-renewable sources. So for us, to depend on the grid would mean we’d partake in increasing CO2 emissions, which is a big no-no for any sustainable clothing manufacturer.

Solar future at FUSH˚

An investment such as this will start paying itself in approximately 5 years. That is when the second stage of investing in solar power would start for us. That is when we’d install the energy storage system (ESS). They’d allow us to install new machinery and stay solar as well as put more clean energy back into the grid. And there will be excess energy because the panels were already generating more electricity than we can consume on a sunny October day.

This way, we’d be able to contribute more significantly to clean energy generation in our country as well as further our sustainability goals.

Image of ten solar dc-ac invertors. "FUSH" logo and a description text are visible.

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  • FUSH˚ Addresses:
    1. Velizara Stankovića 67
      Belgrade, Serbia (view in Google Maps)
    2. Oraovačka BB
      Oraovica, Serbia (view in Google Maps)
  • Phone: +381 11 359 10 48
  • Email: info@fush.rs

    • Services ⇣
      • Custom T-Shirts
      • Custom Activewear
      • Custom Hoodies
      • Custom Streetwear
      • Marathon Wear
      • OEM Clothing
      • CMT Manufacturing
      • FPP Manufacturing
      • Manufacture On Demand Clothing
      • Sublimation Clothing
    • Catalogue
    • Sustainable
    • Private Label
    • Custom Clothing
    • Virtual Tour
    • Case Studies
    • About ⇣
      • What We Do
      • Fabric Manufacturers
      • MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity) Explained
      • Our ISO Certificates
      • European Clothing Manufacturers
      • Textile Machinery
      • Fabric Cutting
      • FAQ
    • Blog
    • Contact
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