Italian auto manufacturing facility to include 15 MW of solar and also 850 billing factors

• Carmaker Fiat Chrysler is bringing solar energy to its Mirafiori production center in Turin. A roof selection will certainly be mounted by the vehicle titan with EDF-owned power business Edison. French team Engie will certainly mount electrical automobile billing factors in the parking area.

Fiat Chrysler is intending to set up a 15 MW roof solar plant at its Mirafiori manufacturing facility in Turin, north Italy.

The project will certainly inhabit 90,000 m ² of roofspace and also around 30,000 m ² of parking area-- 1,750 vehicle parking bays.

The Italo-American carmaker-- which additionally has the Alfa Romeo, Dodge, Jeep, Lancia, Maserati and also Ram Trucks brand names-- will certainly additionally mount 850 electrical car (EV) billing factors at the Piedmont center.

The PV plant will certainly be developed with the Edison Italian power service possessed by state-controlled French power firm EDF. French power business Engie will certainly mount the EV billing centers.

Both projects belong to Fiat Chrysler's EUR5 billion, 2019-21 commercial prepare for Italy as well as are linked to the carmaker's vehicle-to-grid center project. The vehicle business wishes to network a fleet of 700 electrical Fiat 500 vehicles utilizing two-way reenergizing framework with the ability of providing 25 MW to the grid to stabilize need throughout top durations.