Solar car plant
General Motors is adding the world's largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power installation to its car assembly plant in Spain.
US auto giant General Motors is adding the world's largest rooftop solar photovoltaic power installation to its car assembly plant in Figueruelas in Zaragoza in Spain, where it currently builds the Opel Corsa, Opel Meriva and the Opel Combo.
When the project is completed later this year, the Zaragoza solar installation will cover about 2,000,000 square feet of roof at the plant and comprise about 85,000 solar panels.
When fully operational, it will generate about 15.1m kWh of power annually, equivalent to the demand of 4,575 households with an average annual consumption of 3,300kWh.
On the Zaragoza project, General Motors joined forces with Clairvoyant Energy, Veolia Environmental and the Government of Aragon to develop the renewable energy system. General Motors plans to lease the roof space to Clairvoyant Energy and Veolia Environment, who will then build, own and operate the rooftop solar installation. For its part, United Solar Ovonic will provide its UNI-SOLAR thin film flexible solar laminates for the project.
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