Cars "green", the factory also "green"

Cars "green", the factory also "green" - Wind turbines and solar panels are now so common sight in factories vehicle. Reduction of carbon emissions is not only on vehicles they make but also covers the entire production chain.
"Does not make sense if we have a goal of reducing CO2 vehicle emissions to zero and reduce the tons of gas emissions while making it," said Christian Mohrdieck, director for fuell cell and battery development at Daimler said.
"We should see a reduction in emissions in the entire series production," he said.
Germany has decided not to use nuclear energy in the future and instead is the use of renewable energy. Vehicle factory in Germany is at the forefront in that direction.

Starting 2013, BMW put wind turbines in the Leipzig factory that assembles and hybrid electric vehicles and i8 I3.
VW has poured billions of euros of investment for renewable energy and was ready to acquire stakes-wheel Ferris wheel in North Sea.
Renault, the French auto giant, will set up factories boast "zero carbon" in Tangiers, Morocco. The factory uses wind power turbines plus generators and biomass to steam heating. Production waste is recycled.

Factories that use renewable energy is also attractive from the investment side so that Renault plans to equip its factories with solar panels beginning in 2012.
Jean-Philippe Hermine, environmental director at Renault, said that the move is not to completely replace existing plants, but only "assist" the new R & D infrastructure for environmentally friendly vehicles.
There is still a challenge for renewable energy. Generating electricity from coal oil and nuclear reactors could be raised or lower depending on demand, while electricity from wind or solar panels can not. So, it is still necessary technology to store renewable energy.
"Sometimes the only option is to sell cheap renewable energy surplus or throw it away," said Reinhard Otten, head of the project "e-gas" Audi.
The technology being developed Audi is the use of wind power to generate hydrogen elektrolysis. The hydrogen could be used to produce synthetic methane that is chemically identical to natural gas and can supply fuel for conventional engines. Audi will build an e-gas-powered engine from 2013.