Sunshine now powers a fifth of the factory that builds Europe's train frames

For forty years, the Mátranovák plant in Hungary has made the bogie frames — the steel undercarriages — for metros and high-speed trains across Europe. On October 20, Alstom switched on a 1-megawatt solar park beside the factory: about 7,000 square metres of panels expected to generate around 1,700 megawatt-hours a year, covering more than 20% of the site's electricity and avoiding about 260 tonnes of CO2 annually. Built with energy company E.ON under a long-term agreement after nearly two years of planning and construction, it follows years of quieter upgrades at the plant — efficient lighting, insulation, better heating. 'A tangible example of how sustainability and operational efficiency can go hand in hand,' said Alstom Hungary chief Gáspár Balázs.

SDG 7 · Affordable and clean energy — Mechanism: infrastructure build