Bundesliga: RWE (energy) premium & sustainability partner of Borussia Dortmund for 6 years from 2024

RWE, a multinational energy company headquartered in Essen (GER), has become a premium partner (3^rd level) and sustainability partner of Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga), as part of a "six-year" agreement (until 2030), announced the club on 22/08/2024.

As part of the agreement, "RWE will develop and implement a sustainable energy optimisation concept at Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund, GER). A core component is the modernisation and expansion of the photovoltaic (PV) system on the stadium roof. With more than 9,500 new solar modules and an output of more than 4.2 megawatts peak, the largest stadium in Germany will also have the largest PV system on a stadium roof in the country in the future," said the club.

"Thanks to its coupling with a battery storage system of 3.4 megawatt hours, climate-friendly electricity will be available even when the sun is not shining. In mathematical terms, the green electricity generated annually on the roof covers more than all the BVB home games - from the Bundesliga to the DFB-Pokal and the UEFA Champions League - consume in the same period. Any surplus…