The new facility will be similar to this GM rooftop solar array in Baltimore.
General Motors in November will complete its rooftop 1.8-megawatt solar array at its Toledo (Ohio) Transmission plant.
This will be the most sizable rooftop array in Ohio, and will generate almost 3 percent of the plant’s consumption of electricity. Another way to look at it is that this project will create enough energy to power 200 homes in the U.S.
GM’s manager of renewable energy, Rob Threlkeld, said: “Having 21,000 solar panels on Toledo’s roof is a great visual representation of our commitment to renewable energy. It proves to our employees and the people who live in and around Toledo that clean energy plays a significant role in the building of our vehicles.”
GM isn’t new to the clean energy world or to solar power. In fact, GM was recognized by the Solar Energy Industries Association on Oct. 13 as a “Solar Champion” at the Solar Power International awards luncheon held annually in Chicago.
GM will have installed more than 40 megawatts of solar energy at its facilities globally by the end of this year. GM’s Zaragoza Assembly plant in Spain and its Opel Russelsheim facility in Germany house two of the largest five rooftop solar arrays in the world. General Motors has the equivalent size of 100 American football fields as its global solar footprint.
Visitors and employees also have the opportunity to charge their electric vehicles at nine of GM’s facilities in the U.S., since the company has provided 4,300 Electric Vehicle Charging Stations.
