GM to build world’s biggest rooftop solar station in Spain (AFP)

MADRID (AFP) - US automaker General Motors said Tuesday it will equip the roof of its factory in Zaragoza in northeastern Spain with solar panels to create the world's largest rooftop source of power from the sun. The electricity produced by the 10 megawatt installation will be used by the plant, GM's biggest in Europe, and also be sold to the local power grid, a company spokesman said. "GM's Zaragoza plant will become home to the biggest roof-top solar power station worldwide. This has significant potential to reduce costs at the plant," GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster said in a statement. The company may install similar projects at GM Europe's 11 other assembly and eight component plants depending on the results in Zaragoza, he added. The installation will generate enough power annually to supply 4,600 households... [read full story]