GM Installs Solar Rooftops For Free
by DJ Neawedde | 22nd October 2006
The New York Times is reporting that companies like General Motors are installing solar roofs on their buildings, but the company isn’t paying for the installation. The NY Times says:
Even though the installations are right on their own roofs, they buy the electricity much as they would from a utility’s grid. And because the companies that paid for the systems will get a steady income, they can provide power from the sun at competitive electricity rates.
Also, since June, GM’s parts warehouse roof has had a photovoltaic array generating as much as 1.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year. The installation, which GM expects will provide half of the building’s electricity, cost GM nothing. Via Treehugger
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