GE's Electric Vehicle Solar Carport

Comissioned in May of 2011, GE has built one of the largets Electric Vehicle Solar Carports, located at their Plainville, CT headquarters. This carport generates enough energy to fully charge up to 20 Chevy Volts, according to GE Energy's website.

This entire carport, powered by the sun, was created on the idea of " turning ordinary parking lots into an opportunity to not only reduce energy costs, but also generate revenue from selling the excess energy generated by carport installations." By taking advantage of the free energy resource of the sun, GE's EverGold Solar Solutions, these carports generate more energy than it uses and stores the extra energy for future use. 

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The construction of GE's Solar Carport in Plainville, CT.