Ford's Cologne plant runs on renewable electricity
Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Ford, Germany
Ford has announced that the company's plant in Cologne, Germany is going to use electricity that comes exclusively from renewable sources. The energy comes from three hydro-power plants in Norway and Sweden that are owned by Vannkraft AS (Norway) and Fortum AB (Sweden), respectively, and provided to Ford through Rhein Energie AG. The deal is for 480,000 Megawatt hours per year. According to the Ford press release, this will save about 190,000 tons of CO2 each year. Cologne Ford's plant currently assembles the Fiesta and Fusion (a taller Fiesta, not the sedan sold under the same name in the U.S.).
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