Lordstown Gm Plant Solar Panels

General motors is in the midst of installing solar panels at ohio s lordstown complex the plant where gm builds the chevy cruze.

Lordstown gm plant solar panels.

An electric pickup truck brings new energy to lordstown ohio an old general motors plant is being retooled to make a battery powered work truck the endurance. Ranck electric teamed with solscient energy to build at the time general motor s largest solar array in the western hemisphere. The renewable energy produced by the array is enough to power nearly 1 5 of the plant and helps avoid the equivalent of 1 993 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from entering the atmosphere. Numerous workers from shuttered gm plants in the us were moved to lordstown for the open positions.

Solar photovoltaic power plant area. In 2014 a 2 2 mw solar array was installed covering six and a half acres with 8 500 solar panels. The car maker completed a 1 8 megawatt rooftop array at its toledo automotive transmission plant less than a year ago. When the last of more than 8 500 solar panels are in place it will be gm s largest solar installation in the western hemisphere.

The array which sprawls 270 000 square feet is connected to ohio edison s power grid through a net metering agreement. Lordstown ohio general motors new 2 2mw ground mounted solar array will be complete by the end of 2014 at its lordstown complex home of the chevrolet cruze. General motors said its new 2 2 megawatt ground mounted solar. In november 2016 gm announced to end the third shift by january 2017 affecting 1 200 workers.

The 2 2 mw ground mounted array consists of solar flex racking and 8 500 solar panels has the capability of powering 1 5 of the chevy cruze assembly plant. The lordstown array will be gm s second very large solar project in ohio.