The new facility at i54 South Staffordshire has been designed with sustainability embedded throughout and has recently been awarded Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology's (BREEAM) 'Excellent' rating for the design stage of the assessment for sustainable buildings.
More than 21,000 photovoltaic panels, with a capacity of 5.8MW, have been fixed to the roof of the Engine Manufacturing Centre, with plans to increase this to over 6.3MW by the end of the year.
It is estimated that the system will generate more than 30 percent of the Engine Manufacturing Centre's energy requirements - equivalent to powering more than 1,600 homes.
Based at the heart of the U.K., the Engine Manufacturing Centre is the first new plant that Jaguar Land Rover has built from the ground up. The site represents an investment of more than £500 million (S$1.04 billion) and will create almost 1,400 new jobs by the time the plant reaches full capacity.
The plant will manufacture the first family of premium, advanced technology engines, Ingenium, to be entirely designed and built in-house by Jaguar Land Rover for exclusive use in the company's future vehicles - including the all new Jaguar XE from 2015.
More than 21,000 photovoltaic panels, with a capacity of 5.8MW, have been fixed to the roof of the Engine Manufacturing Centre, with plans to increase this to over 6.3MW by the end of the year.
It is estimated that the system will generate more than 30 percent of the Engine Manufacturing Centre's energy requirements - equivalent to powering more than 1,600 homes.
Based at the heart of the U.K., the Engine Manufacturing Centre is the first new plant that Jaguar Land Rover has built from the ground up. The site represents an investment of more than £500 million (S$1.04 billion) and will create almost 1,400 new jobs by the time the plant reaches full capacity.
The plant will manufacture the first family of premium, advanced technology engines, Ingenium, to be entirely designed and built in-house by Jaguar Land Rover for exclusive use in the company's future vehicles - including the all new Jaguar XE from 2015.
