Seat has announced that it will invest in a solar power installation at its Martorell plant saving 11,700 tonnes of CO2 each year.
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8.5 megawatts (MW) of solar photovoltaic panels will be installed on the roof of the automaker’s corporate building and on a car park. The system will generate 11.2 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity a year by the end of 2008.
The panels will cover 66,000 square metres. Additional panels will be added to the roof of assembly buildings at a later stage, covering a further 139,000 square metres.
Seat said that 20% of total investment in Martorell is dedicated to environmental initiatives. In January it opened a new rail line to carry vehicles from the plant to the port of Barcelona, removing 25,000 trucks from roads each year.
