General Motors adds more solar power
New California array will be one of the largest solar power installations in the US.
General Motors is to add one of the largest solar power installations in corporate use in the United States to the roof of its Service and Parts Operations (SPO) warehouse in Fontana, California.
The solar power array will provide about half of the electricity needed to run the facility and will feed extra electricity back to the grid.
The Fontana solar array will be atop GM's 300,000 square foot warehouse facility and will become operational in December.
Constellation Energy Projects & Services has partnered with GM and will design, build, own, and operate the Fontana solar array.
GM has a long-term contract with Constellation to purchase electricity generated from the system.
The solar array provides General Motors a clean, reliable source of energy from its rooftop, without an investment of its own money.
"At General Motors we understand that good environmental decisions are good business decisions and solar energy is a perfect example of this," said Elizabeth A. Lowery, GM vice president, Environment, Energy and Safety Policy.
'The new solar arrays on our rooftops are reducing our energy costs and carbon footprint, while providing green energy to the community."
General Motors estimates that the solar array at its SPO facility in Fontana will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 355 tonnes each year, while reducing its electricity costs by about 10 per cent a year.
