Porsche Goes Solar

After it unveiled the 911 GT3 R hybrid, the appeal of German manufacturer Porsche for being more efficient, less harmful keeps on growing with the announcement of a photovoltaic system to be mounted on the spare parts warehouse in Sachsenheim (Baden- Wuerttemberg).

The system will span for a 40,000-square-meter area and will have a nominal output of two megawatts. The electricity generated will be fed into the grid of the energy provider E&W Eichwald.

“Progressive environmental protection and conservation of resources isn't only a Porsche priority in production. Our central spare parts warehouse provides the ideal conditions for ecological energy generation,” Wolfgang Leimgruber, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics said in a release.

The system, able of generating two million kilowatt hours per year, will start getting set up before the end of February and will get connected to the grid only a few weeks later. It is meant to help Porsche cut 1,780 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year and will be the most modern and efficient in the Greater Stuttgart area.

As you know by now, Porsche is not the first and will definitely not be the last car manufacturer to resort to solar power. Convenient for two reasons (both more eco-friendly and, perhaps more importantly, cheaper in the long-run), a photovoltaic system already powers operations for Audi's Ingolstadt headquarters and Lamborghini's Sant’Agata Bolognese factory.