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Installing solar on a rooftop in Spain required overcoming technical and administrative challenges – all under the pressure to flip the switch in record time.

Anne L. Fischer, senior editor, [email protected]

In Spain, companies are encouraged to host solar energy systems that produce electricity to be sold back to the utilities, where feed-in tariffs guarantee a set price for that energy. With that in mind, General Motors (GM), in a unique business partnership, is taking advantage of the nearly 3 million square feet of real estate on the roof of its car assembly plant in Figueruelas (near Zaragoza) by installing about 85,000 solar panels. The GM plant in Figueruelas, Spain, produces cars on the inside and solar energy on its rooftop. Photo courtesy of General Motors. GM is no novice to...Read full article

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    Published: October 2008
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