Nissan installs solar panels

Nissan Motor Company has announced plans to install 606 solar panels at its Barcelona vehicle plant by the end of the summer.

Together the 606 solar panels at Barcelona will cover a surface of 3,000 square-metres and generate 308,000kWh of electricity per year, while reducing CO₂ emissions by 110 tons.

Of the total, 480 are photovoltaic panels which convert sunlight directly into electricity and have already started operations. The remaining 126 panels, which will be put in place by the end of the summer, are thermal panels which will be used for heating water for the vehicle paint process, among other industrial purposes.

The Barcelona plant is the second Nissan plant in Spain to install solar panels, making Nissan the first automotive company in Spain to widely introduce solar power at its factories. In February, Nissan announced it would install a total of 732 solar panels at its light commercial vehicle plant in Avila this summer resulting in savings of 267 tons of CO₂ emissions every year.