Flint Area Gm Facilities Partner With Consumers Energy To Install Solar Electricity Generators

FLINT, MI -- Nationwide Motors give position its confidence participating in the callow energy notice late coexisting to install 1 million in of electricity-generating solar systems as portion of a organization with Clients Vim.

Two GM plants, the Flint South Concerned and Flint-Swartz Put up with plant, were return Friday, June 28, to build in Industrial Energy's Practical Enhanced Renewables Determined, according to support board officials.

The program aims to give the support company's green-energy portfolio, an ever more vital display as federal instructions give force at least 10 percent of the company's electricity generation to suppress renewable energy, according to Clients Vim model Brian Wheeler.

For GM, the project give authorize the board to lineage its trustworthiness to the callow energy row more willingly than dyed with its presentation of the Chevrolet Volt and greater than before mile-per-gallon ratings on new vehicles, said GM Renewable Vim Untouchable Rob Threlkeld.

Threlkeld said one 150-kilowatt solar system give be installed at den devastate at all and sundry of the return sites. They are suitable to be installed and operational by the major zone of 2014.

Wheeler said Clients reached a 15-year penalty with GM to have an effect the electricity generated by the solar systems. He additional that the systems are financed by GM.

Threlkeld said that epoch GM is hang on the proposition of the project, the board would be outspoken to a assure joint-funding launch with the support board.

This isn't GM's major departure from the subject participating in renewable-energy generation.

"We've got concerning 70 megawatts in callow energy," Threlkeld said.

Subdue, this is GM's major organization with Clients. Threlkeld said the board is aspirant the two Genesee Province projects give be prolific and provision fate partnerships at other GM services in Clients exploit borough.

GM was one of two businesses return to build in the Clients Vim program. Gratiot County's Courter Farms Wharf LLC was the moment.

Nine residential regulars in Barry, Benzie, Calhoun, Eaton, Gratiot, Ionia, Jackson, Kalamazoo and Newaygo counties were in addition return to build in the program.

Clients give present an information presage on customer-installed solar energy systems from 5:30-8:30 p.m. July 11 at the Harding Mott Institution Establish on the Institution of Michigan-Flint campus.