World's largest rooftop solar project set for Spain
Filed from Houston 7/8/2008 3:25:09 PM GMT
Spain
ZARAGOZA, SPAIN: Energy Conversion Devices' Uni-Solar flexible solar laminate will help power the world's largest rooftop solar power system, a 12 MW system installed at GM's assembly plant in Figueruelas, Zaragoza, Spain. The system is due to become operational in the fall of 2008.
When fully operational, the photovoltaic system will have a peak capacity of 12 MW, producing as much as 15 million kilowatt hours of energy annually, enough to power approximately 4,500 homes. The Zaragoza facility marks the third major use of Uni-Solar laminates by GM. The solar laminates also power GM parts warehouses in Rancho Cucamonga and Fontana, California, two of the largest rooftop solar power installations in the United States.
GM partnered with Veolia Environnement, solar energy developer Clairvoyant Energy S.L., and the Government of Aragon to develop the Zaragoza renewable energy project. GM will lease its roof space to Clairvoyant Energy and Veolia Environnement, who will build, own and operate the rooftop solar installation.
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