Lordstown Gm Plant Solar Panels

The 2 2 mw ground mounted array consists of solar flex racking and 8 500 solar panels has the capability of powering 1 5 of the chevy cruze assembly plant.

Lordstown gm plant solar panels.

In november 2016 gm announced to end the third shift by january 2017 affecting 1 200 workers. In 2014 a 2 2 mw solar array was installed covering six and a half acres with 8 500 solar panels. Numerous workers from shuttered gm plants in the us were moved to lordstown for the open positions. General motors said its new 2 2 megawatt ground mounted solar.

When the last of more than 8 500 solar panels are in place it will be gm s largest solar installation in the western hemisphere. The solar array at the lordstown complex in lordstown ohio will be a 2 2 megawatt ground mounted array making it the general s biggest in the western hemisphere. The array which sprawls 270 000 square feet is connected to ohio edison s power grid through a net metering agreement. A massive lordstown ohio auto assembly plant is getting a new lease on life.

An electric pickup truck brings new energy to lordstown ohio an old general motors plant is being retooled to make a battery powered work truck the endurance. Solar photovoltaic power plant area. Lordstown ohio general motors new 2 2mw ground mounted solar array will be complete by the end of 2014 at its lordstown complex home of the chevrolet cruze. The local community is watching.

Ranck electric teamed with solscient energy to build at the time general motor s largest solar array in the western hemisphere. General motors is in the midst of installing solar panels at ohio s lordstown complex the plant where gm builds the chevy cruze.