The solar panels will provide up to 10 percent of all the electricity required for manufacturing at the site, which makes petrol and hybrid engines for the Toyota Avensis and Auris models sold throughout Europe.
The solar array, commissioned as a multi-million-pound project and delivered by British Gas, can produce up to 3,475,000 kWh a year which is enough electricity to build up to 22,500 engines. The solar panels have the potential to save over 1,800 tonnes of C02 emissions a year, a figure matching the combined weight of over 1,260 Auris hatchbacks.
It took three months to install the panels, supplied by Tata Power Solar, which cover an area the equivalent of almost eight football pitches.
