Speaking at the announcement, Volkswagen Brand Board of Management Member for Production and Logistics, Andreas Tostmann, said: "We want to significantly increase the amount of green energy bought in at our plants this year from 70 to 90 per cent."
To help achieve this target, Volkswagen is in the process of switching its on-site power generating plants to gas. Plants, such as its Wolfsburg facility has already begun works to change to more efficient combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plants. According to Volkswagen, doing so reduces the CO2 output from the generation of electricity and heat by 60 per cent or 1.5 million tonnes per year - the equivalent of 870,000 cars.
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