VOLVO LORRY FACTORY CO2 FREE SWEDEN BELGIUM
March 1st, 2006
BY ALAN OSBORN
Volvo Trucks, one of the world's largest truck manufacturers, is to make its assembly plant in Ghent, Belgium, entirely free of carbon dioxide starting 2007. The company said three wind-power generating stations would be built along with a new biofuel production facility to supply electricity and heating "without making any net contribution to the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere". The decision is part of Volvo's ambition to make all its production plants carbon dioxide-free. The trucks plant in Ghent has 1500 employees and last year ...
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