By Leigha Kim of www.greenoptimistic.com
In addition to reducing CO2 emissions, experts predict the turbines will
produce 10,000 megawatt hours per year. Honda will have the distinction
of having the first automotive manufacturing facility in the United
States to derive a huge portion of its electricity directly from wind turbines placed strategically on its property.
Honda’s
wind turbines in Russell’s Point have blades approximately 160 feet
long and are on 260 foot towers. Juhl Wind is installing and managing
the turbines and will provide the power to Logan County Electric
Cooperative and Buckeye Power, Inc.
Honda has taken it upon itself
to establish and meet voluntary goals to reduce energy use and waste
from manufacturing operations by 2020. Reducing CO2 emissions by 30%
from 2000 levels and creating 12 LEED-Certified “green buildings” in
North American are just a couple of the ways Honda is at the forefront
of greening the automotive industry.
In a similar move, in
January, Volkswagen began operating the largest solar power installation
at its Chattanooga, Tennessee manufacturing plant where the Passat is
produced.
10 of Honda’s 14 manufacturing facilities are zero-waste
landfills. Subaru, Ford, and General Motors are all going landfill free
as well.
For the past 15 years, a Honda vehicle has been near the
top of the America Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s (ACEEE)
list of America’s greenest vehicles.
Source;
http://www.greenoptimistic.com/2013/02/12/honda-uses-wind-turbines-to-manufacture-cars-in-ohio-factory/#.URpUHfJZPQ
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