Skip to Content

Toyota also installing wind turbines in Wales plant

by Xavier Navarro (RSS feed) on Nov 18th 2007 at 10:23AM

We already knew about Nissan's installation of wind turbines in its Sunderland plant and solar panels in its Barcelona plant. This sort of greening up is, indeed, a good idea, an idea which Toyota is now copying for its engine plant in Flintshire, Wales.

Flintshire County Council is likely to approve Toyota's installation of a temporary wind monitoring mast. The 60-meter mast, at the southern end of the plant site, would monitor wind speeds at various heights over 12 months, to determine the viability of wind power.

The plant already uses osmosis-purified rainwater but saving CO2 with wind turbines is surely a step ahead: casting, machining and smelting use a lot of energy.

[Source: icWales (thanks Domenick for the tip)]

Filed under: Manufacturing/Plants, Toyota

Tags: CO2 savings, Co2Savings, Flintshire, wind turbines, WindTurbines

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Add your comments

Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments.

When you enter your name and email address, you'll be sent a link to confirm your comment, and a password. To leave another comment, just use that password.

To create a live link, simply type the URL (including http://) or email address and we will make it a live link for you. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments. Line breaks and paragraphs are automatically converted — no need to use <p> or <br /> tags.


Featured Galleries

  • 1 Liter Racing League
  • Suzuki Alto in Global Green Challenge
  • Proterra Electric Bus
  • Local Motors Rally Fighter
  • 1916 Woods Dual Power Model 44 Coupe
  • Audi Avatar
  • Global Green Challenge Tesla Roadster goes 313 miles
  • Meyers Motors NMG
  • Cozmo NEV
  • Tokyo 2009: Suzuki Swift PHEV
  • Tokyo 2009: Suzuki SX4-FCV
  • Honda mobility devices

Follow us on Twitter

  • @Noonz I suppose you're right.
  • Why is the auto industry so far ahead of politicians in calling for $4 or $5 gallons of gasoline in the U.S.? http://tinyurl.com/y9d6rry
  • Somehow, we thought this was happening over the last decade. Now we know for sure. http://tinyurl.com/yztfqhq
  • Low speed NEVs can have a place, but we were not blown away by the Cozmo http://tinyurl.com/ygmmk5e
  • This was fun, and when was the last time you could say that about driving a van? http://tinyurl.com/yfpbrav
more
more

Autoblog

BloggingStocks

Download Squad

Engadget

Joystiq

Autoblog Spanish

Switched.com

FanHouse

Asylum