The photovoltaic devices will cover the space of about 42 football fields, Carl-Peter Forster, the U.S. company's head for Europe, said today in a presentation to reporters in Zaragoza, near GM's factory in the town of Figueruelas.
The 50 million-euro ($78.5 million) installation will avoid about 7,000 tons a year of emissions that would be generated if power plants supplied the same amount of electricity. Detroit-based GM is the world's biggest automaker and the Spanish factory is its largest in Europe.
