Last Thursday, GM announced a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy subsidiary, to power three of the automaker's assembly plants.
NorthStar’s Newport Solar project in Newport, Arkansas, will support the electricity needs of GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly in Michigan, and the Wentzville Assembly site in Missouri by adding renewable energy directly to the grid those plants source from. The Newport project has a capacity of 180 megawatts.
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According to GM, it is the company’s largest power purchase deal yet. GM is scheduled to be carbon neutral by 2040. In 2022, GM announced that it had finalized the energy sourcing agreements required to secure 100% of the energy needed to power all U.S. sites with renewable electricity by the end of 2025.
The Newport site generates enough electricity to power 30,000 homes per year.
GM now has sourcing agreements from 17 renewable energy plants across 11 states.
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