Renault Announces Green Factory in Morocco

"CO2 emissions will be reduced by 98 percent, which is about 135,000 tonnes of CO2 avoided each year. No water used in the industrial process will be released into the natural environment," Renault president for the Euro-Mediterranean region Jacques Chauvet said.

Renault has been working with Veolia Environnement to cut the site’s consumption with Renault revising its painting process, especially in the baking phases. Substantial energy savings have been made by combining innovative technologies and best practices for the recovery of energy in the paintshop, which accounts for 70% of the plant’s thermal energy consumption.



The thermal energy requirements of the Tangier plant will be cut by 35% (more than 40 GWh PCI per year), compared with a plant with an equivalent production capacity.

The factory will be electrically powered by renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar power, as well as hydroelectricity.

Renault’s Tangier plant, which will produce vehicles based on the B0 platform (Logan), will start up in early 2012 with one production line and an annual output capacity of 170,000 vehicles. Ultimately, capacity will be increased to 400,000 vehicles per year.