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Mitsubishi Electric Solar Modules at Mazda’s U.S. R&D Center

Mazda’s USA R&D Centre Now Powered by Mitsubishi Solar Power

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State-of -the-art Mitsubishi Electric photovoltaic (PV) modules are now powering cutting-edge automotive research and development at Mazda North America’s Research & Development facility in Irvine, Calif.  Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc., a diversified global electronics manufacturer, celebrating 40 years in the solar business, supplied Mazda with 1222 PV modules for a 317kW solar electric system that is expected […]

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Jaguar Land Rover installs UK's largest rooftop solar panel array at its Engine Manufacturing Centre

UK’s Largest Rooftop Solar Panel Array Installed by Jaguar Land Rover

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Jaguar Land Rover has completed the installation of the UK’s largest rooftop solar panel array at its new state-of-the art Engine Manufacturing Centre at i54 South Staffordshire. The new facility has been designed with sustainability embedded throughout and has recently been awarded BREEAM’s ‘Excellent’ rating for the design stage of the assessment for sustainable buildings.

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Largest Solar Panel Installation in the Motoring Industry Completed for SEAT

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SEAT’s Martorell factory is now home to the biggest solar panel installation in the automotive industry, with approximately three times the number of panels as Bentley’s recent solar panel installation. SEAT’s new power house will generate 15,000,000 kWh per year (which compares to Bentley’s 2,200,000 kWh). The SEAT al Sol (SEAT Sun) project, the third and final

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Bentley First to be Awarded Carbon Trust Water Standard

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Bentley has become the first automotive manufacturer, and among the first ten organisations in the world, to achieve the Carbon Trust Water Standard. This comes after the company reduced its water usage by 35.7 per cent over the previous year at its headquarters in Crewe, to 109,284 m³ in 2012. Achieving this reduction, Bentley’s Environmental

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Solar Impulse, Solar Powered Airplane

Solar Powered Plane

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Solar Impulse – the solar-powered airplane of Swiss pioneers Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg – has successfully landed at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport setting a new milestone in the history of aviation: for the first time a plane capable of flying day and night powered exclusively by solar energy has crossed the

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