General Motors To Build Cars With Wind

GM to power Arlington plant with energy from Texas wind farm

Steve Kaskovich, November 17, 2016 (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)

“…[President-elect Donald Trump’s climate change skeptism isn’t slowing the General Motors push] for renewable energy…[T]he automaker announced its biggest renewables deal to date, buying enough wind power to cover electricity needs at 16 [Texas] facilities including its Arlington assembly plant and the GM Financial headquarters in downtown Fort Worth…[It] will purchase 50 megawatts of power produced at Cactus Flats, a 150-megawatt wind farm being developed by Renewable Energy Systems…When the contract begins in the first half of 2018, 6 percent of GM’s global energy use will be powered by renewable energy…GM has committed to be completely powered by renewable energy by 2050, as well as develop electric vehicles, to help address climate change. The automaker is part of a coalition of companies called RE100 dedicated to the same goal…” click here for more

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