The exhibition centre has reached another milestone while boosting electric mobility and making charging more convenient for its customers. In the presence of the chair and deputy chair of its supervisory board, NürnbergMesse has commissioned its 100th charging station, completing its infrastructure project to expand EV charging capacities at Exhibition Centre Nuremberg. Albert Füracker, Bavarian Minister for Finance and Regional Identity and chair of the NürnbergMesse Group Supervisory Board, together with vice-chair and Nuremberg mayor Marcus König, tested the new charging station on one of our service vehicles along with Peter Ottmann, CEO of NürnbergMesse Group. As of now, visitors to the exhibition centre have access to 200 AC charging points within walking distance of the exhibition halls. This makes NürnbergMesse the frontrunner among German exhibition companies in providing EV infrastructure. In the past year alone, its visitors have completed around 6,700 charging processes – with around 200 MWh coming from the solar power produced by the company’s own PV system on the roofs of the exhibition halls, the largest PV system on a building in which the Bavarian government has a stake:
“Step by step, we have developed our exhibition centre in Nuremberg to be a key hub for modern mobility. With 100 EV charging stations and more than 200 charging points, NürnbergMesse is proud to confirm that our visitors are charging their electric vehicles with solar power straight from the Bavarian sun – it’s clean, convenient, and sustainable! This is a region that excels in innovation and is demonstrating how tomorrow’s sustainable mobility can work in practice,” says a delighted Albert Füracker.
Marcus König adds: “Whether they take the underground train straight to Mitte Entrance or charge their electric car at one of the 200 charging points on the trade fair grounds, NürnbergMesse customers have now been given the green light to embrace resource-saving and convenient travel to our exhibitions and congresses!”
The AC charging points deliver up to 22 kW output and are optimally adapted to the average dwell times of around four hours, allowing visitors to charge their vehicles efficiently and sustainably during their trade fair visit. A dynamic load management system and battery storage ensure that as much solar power as possible comes from the company’s own PV system. On completion, this will be the largest PV system in Bavaria on a building in which the Bavarian government has a stake – NürnbergMesse’s main shareholders are the Bavarian state and the City of Nuremberg. It will produce up to 9 MWp with around 21,000 modules – and even when the sun is not shining, NürnbergMesse can still supply its customers with 100% green electricity.
About NürnbergMesse Group
The NürnbergMesse Group was entered in the commercial register on 5 April 1974 as Nürnberger Messe- und Ausstellungsgesellschaft mbH (NMA) and is now one of the 15 largest exhibition companies worldwide. The Group employs more than 1,200 people at 15 international locations in Germany, Austria, Italy, Greece, Brazil, China, India, and the USA. It also has a network of international sales partner in more than 100 other countries. Its portfolio comprises around 120 on-site and online events focusing on five main areas: Retail & Consumer Goods, Building & Construction, Process Technology, Electronics & Security, and Social & Public. Overall, its events secure more than 12,000 jobs and generate billions of euros in purchasing power and tax revenue every year, making NürnbergMesse a major economic driver for the Nuremberg Metropolitan Region and Germany as a whole. As an employer and organiser of major events, NürnbergMesse takes its responsibilities for people and the environment seriously. Its business activities are aligned with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with the aim of achieving a CO2-neutral energy supply by 2028.