Seat has announced that it will invest in a solar power installation at its Martorell plant saving 11,700 tonnes of CO2 each year.


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.

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