Posts with tag zaragoza

Spanish GM factory adds solar roof

Posted Jul 8th 2008 at 5:23PM by Dan Roth

Filed under: Etc., Manufacturing/Plants, Solar, GM

The General Motors factory in Zaragoza, Spain is set to get a roof tiled in solar panels as part of a larger initiative throughout GM's European operations. 183,000 square meters of photovoltaic cells will be capable of providing up to a quarter of the factory's peak demand. Zaragoza is GM's biggest European factory, and the project will cost €50m, though its benefit will be significant reduction in energy bills for the automaker. GM has 19 other plants in Europe, and the Saint Petersburg factory is next on the list for the solar treatment. Other locations may follow, though some are likely better suited than others due to a variety of environmental and business factors.

[Source: Automotive News – Sub Req]

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Tags: gm europe, gm spain, gm zaragoza, gm zaragoza solar, GmEurope, GmSpain, GmZaragoza, GmZaragozaSolar, solar, spain, zaragoza

GM manufacturing plant in Spain gets solar panels

Posted Apr 29th 2008 at 8:33AM by Xavier Navarro

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Solar, GM, Opel

Spain is a country with plenty of sun hours, and wasting the solar resource is really missing a good opportunity. So, after similar announcements from Seat and Nissan, and thanks in part to the Spanish Government's incentives for installing solar panels, GM has decided to install up to 320,000 m² (about 80 acres) of electricity-producing solar panels on the roof of its factory in Figueruelas, near Zaragoza, Spain. The agreement was announced by French company Veolia and represents an investment of about € 53 million. The Figueruelas factory currently mounts the Vauxall/Opel Corsa and Meriva models.

[Source: Econoticias]

Tags: figueruelas, solar-panels, spain, zaragoza

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