An Istrian label printer put solar on its roof: 60 MWh in the first three months, EU-backed, no battery
Etikgraf, a self-adhesive label maker in Sveti Petar u Sumi, says its rooftop solar plant produced more than 60 MWh in its first three months and now powers part of daily production. EU funds supported the project. Plant size and cost are not published.
Printing presses, digital systems, cutting and finishing lines run every working day. That is the usage pattern of a small Croatian factory: steady, daytime, and on the bill every month.
On 10 July 2026, Etikgraf, a maker of self-adhesive labels at Gljuscici in Sveti Petar u Sumi, Istria, wrote that its own rooftop photovoltaic plant now powers part of its daily label production. In its first three months the plant generated more than 60 MWh.
The company says the project was supported by EU funds through a programme for energy efficiency and a sustainable economy. It says the work took months of planning, design, paperwork, technical alignment and approvals before the panels went up. It also gives its own equivalents for the first 60 MWh, including 28.49 tonnes less CO2.
Analogy: it is a print shop that starts baking bread for its own canteen. It does not feed the town. It covers part of lunch, every day, on its own premises.
Good: a real small manufacturer publishing a measured number, 60 MWh in three months, instead of a forecast. The warning about paperwork is honest and useful for any small firm planning the same route.
Bad: no kW size, no cost, no grant amount, no share of the factory's total use, and no battery. A buyer cannot turn this into a payback, and we will not either.
Ugly: the post does not say which three months. If they were the sunny ones, winter output will be lower. A first-quarter number is a start, not an annual figure.
Source: Etikgraf, 10 Jul 2026 - finally in the sun: a step towards more sustainable production.