As part of an ongoing push around renewable energy, GM is entering a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy for three GM assembly plants. NorthStar said its Newport Solar project in Newport, Ark., will support the electricity needs of GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly in Mich., and the Wentzville Assembly site in Mo. by adding renewable energy directly to the grid we source from.

The Newport project has a capacity of 180 MW, which is enough electricity to power 30,000 homes per year, according to GM.

GM said this is its largest power purchase deal to date, and a milestone in its goal to be carbon neutral by 2040. In 2022, GM announced that it finalized the energy sourcing agreements required to secure 100% of the energy needed to power all our U.S. sites with renewable electricity by the end of 2025. GM added it now has sourcing agreements from 17 renewable energy plants across 11 states.

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