Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Renault launches automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project"

In cooperation with Gestamp Solar, Renault is launching what it hails as the automotive industry's "biggest solar energy project." By installing solar roof panels at six of its French plants, Renault hopes to harness the power of the sun to cut its CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year. Renault says that the solar panels - eventually covering an area that's equivalent to 63 football fields - boast a total power output of 60 megawatts (the approximate annual consumption of a town with a population of 15,000).

The solar roof project is part of Renault 2016 - Drive The Change, the automaker's strategic plan to reduce its carbon footprint by 10 percent by 2013 and by an additional 10 percent between 2013 and 2016.

Source: Autoblog Green

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