Carbon dioxide emissions from car giant Honda’s Swindon plant have fallen by almost 2,000 tonnes since it installed a solar array.
The Japanese group said the 21,000 ground-mounted panels covering 32 acres generated 4.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of renewable energy in its first year, equivalent to 4.4% of the site’s total annual electricity requirement.
In its latest global energy report, the motor manufacturer said the 5 megawatt peak (MWp) scheme, which launched in October 2011 had led to “considerable cost savings compared to buying grid supplied energy”.
