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The General’s assembly plant in Zargosa, Spain (which produces over 480 000 vehicles per year) will soon be sporting a massive 10MW solar power station on its roof similar to the system pictured above.

GM will not own the solar station, however. It will be installed and run by US firm Clairvoyant Energy and France’s Veolia Environment who then sell this solar power to the Zargosa plant.

The system will comprise 85000 solar panels covering an area of  183 000m². In addition to its obvious environmental benefits, power generated by this plant will play a major role in reducing the operating costs of the manufacturing facility. It will also sell excess power to the local grid.

This is not the first solar facility to be built by the ailing motor giant - it has similar (albeit smaller) solar plants on the roofs of two parts warehouses in California.

According to GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster, GM might install similar systems on its other European plants if the Zargosa system proves to be effective. 

Source: Physorg