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Audi to add solar power to Ingolstadt headquarters factory

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Automotive factories tend to be very large buildings, more often than not on a single level in order to aid internal logistics. A byproduct of such a configuration is a large, flat roof. Such a surface can be be ideally suited to the installation of solar power generation. With that in mind, Audi has decided that 124,861 square feet of roof space at its Ingoldstadt, Germany headquarters campus will be made available for the installation of photovoltaic cells.

The solar modules will be installed on the roofs of the toolmaking shop, the parking garage at the technical development center and one additional building. The installations are being performed by Münich-based Green City Energy and are expected to generate 1,000 MWh of electricity annually.

Audi is also considering solar installations at the Neckarsulm campus, its second-largest facility. Neckarsulm could get as much as 355,209 square feet for solar installations, all of which will help reduce Audi’s manufacturing carbon footprint.

[Source: Audi]

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