German energy group RWE will build and operate a 24.7-megawatt peak (MWp) ground-mounted solar power plant for titanium dioxide producer Kronos Titan in Lower Saxony, the companies said on Tuesday.
The photovoltaic facility will be located on a 20-hectare site at Kronos Titan’s industrial premises in Nordenham. Under the agreement, RWE will lease the land from Kronos and supply the company with electricity from the plant through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA).
Construction is scheduled to begin this summer, with commissioning planned for spring 2026.
“We are pleased that we can make our site more sustainable together with RWE,” said Carsten Büsing, plant manager at Kronos Titan’s Nordenham facility. “With the solar system, we cover a large part of our electricity needs in a green way.”
The solar plant will feature approximately 38,200 modules and is expected to generate around 22,000 megawatt-hours of electricity annually—enough to cover a significant share of the site’s power demand.
Katja Wünschel, CEO of RWE Renewables Europe and Australia, said the project illustrates the growing role of industrial partnerships in the energy transition. “You provide land, we take care of the planning, construction, investment and operation of the solar system,” Wünschel said. “The customer receives long-term green electricity at predictable conditions.”
Kronos Titan, a global supplier of titanium dioxide pigments, said the initiative supports its wider environmental and sustainability targets.
