GM has announced that based on current projections it is set to reach its goal of powering all GM facilities in the U.S. with renewable energy by the 2025 calendar year.
The 2025 target date is well ahead of GM’s previous projections. Back in 2016, GM announced it would reach its renewable energy goal by 2050, while in early 2021, GM moved the target up to 2030. Now, however, GM says it’s set to power all of its U.S. facilities with renewable energy by 2025, 25 years ahead of the initial target set in 2016. The accelerated goal will cut an estimated 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that otherwise would have been produced over five years between 2025 and 2030, or roughly the equivalent of burning 1 billion pounds of coal.
The use of renewable energy to power U.S. facilities is part of GM’s broader plans to decarbonize its business. The decarbonization goal also includes plans to increase overall energy efficiency with regard to consumption, create new energy storage technology to address potential external fluctuations in the power supply, and advocate for policy that deploys further renewable energy, expands renewable energy transmission, and create microgrids.
At present, GM’s renewable energy portfolio incorporates sourcing agreements with 16 renewable energy plants in 10 U.S. states. The automaker says it is the largest “offtaker” of renewable energy among all automotive OEMs. GM’s clean energy portfolio has also produced more than $75 million in positive cash flows.
“We believe it is critical – to ourselves, to our customers and to the future of the planet – to step up our efforts and reach ambitious targets that move us closer to a more sustainable world,” said GM chief sustainability officer, Kristen Siemen. “Securing the renewable energy we need to achieve our goal demonstrates tangible progress in reducing our emissions in all aspects of our business, ultimately moving us closer to our vision of a future with zero emissions.”
GM became a founding member of the Clean Energy Buyers Association (CEBA) in 2019. In 2021, The General announced plans to reach carbon neutrality in its global products and operations by 2040, while transitioning to an all-electric light-duty vehicle portfolio in the U.S. by 2035.
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Does that mean the plants will run solely on renewables or partly? Will energy supplies be solely generating power from renewables?
Negative. They are pursuing the same “renewable” strategy that Facebook and googles parent company alphabet is using in silicone valley to say their corporate offices and servers are “renewable powered”
What they do is pay a small premium to the grid, or in many unfortunate cases with large mega corporations, negotiate (blackmail politically) to have all the credits from your co-ops wind and solar farms, and in the case of PG&E in California, the solar panels on your very house, and count them against the company’s footprint….. not yours.
Course they also ignore that wind and solar farms because they have very peaky outputs they don’t save an ounce of coal or gas….. as these plants have to run at 110% needed load in the event that the renewable underperforms and they end up dumping most of the unused heat. They also ignore that a 250MW wind farm tends to put out only 100-120MW in optimum conditions.
But what do they care? They already don’t tell the truth why start now?
Much like purchasing carbon credits.
Would you please comment on all supply chain energy coming into any/all GM facilities in the US please. Perhaps you would start with “16 renewable energy plants in 10 U.S. states,” that GM lists as having “sourcing agreements.”
This information is not listed here or on the CEBA website.
Thank You In Advance.
I don’t believe that’s possible. More virtue signaling from woke GM that is pissing me off. Just build cars and trucks and forget the woke crap! Does Mary realize this BS drives customers away?
As long as you drive away in a GM product, Mary will be happy. If it hasn’t yet become apparent General Motors is looking for a new generation of motorists (they’re betting the company on it).
If they can be believed, they will produce no light-duty ICE vehicles after 2035.
You may find solace knowing just like dinosaurs of old, our present day dinosaurs will likely be the fossil fuels of the future.
Steve raises good points. Could GMAuthority publish a follow up article on this topic that explains the details of how GM’s “all-renewable” energy claim actually works? At this point my impression is that the claim seems deceptive.
They will do it with solar-powered windmills.
I saw a new Ford Bronco 2-door yesterday! Why can’t GM build that? I am about done waiting on GM to build cool stuff but they are going the wrong way building generic woke crap!
No one cares what you think. GM is building very cool stuff, you just don’t like change. You’re a negative troll.
And, all costs for wokeness should be projected as an individual line item on the window sticker.. How eye opening would that be if there was a line item for an addition $754.26 for “solar panel integration” at your assembly plant.
Please read up on the ESG scores. This is what is driving global companies anymore and why they are doing what they are doing. Environmental. Social and Governance.
https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/esg/esg-score/
These scores are being used to control and direct companies into what they do and how they do it. If they fall out of line they will pay the price in a number of areas. This is well beyond the Biden regulations.
This is all part of the World Economic Forum. They meet once a year and are the people behind the Woke Agendas. They are in with the United Nations. Few talk about this in the media but it is a very powerful group and are the main root cause of what GM is doing. Kind of corporate black mail.
This group is fighting for global control or our lives.
So to my point, where’s GM’s backbone???? Mary, just say NO! Your loyalty should be to your customers not some international cabal!! Wake up!!
Carl you need to so some reading and find that this is much bigger than just GM saying no.
Just look at the many in power that push back in the woke deal and find how they are trashed. That is one thing for Elon Musk but for a cooperation like GM they can not afford to take the kit. This is really a form of black mail.
They will push you if you do not support their agendas and the like. Kind of like Al Sharpton willing to go away if you donate but if you fail to donate he will be on the new trashing you.
Your customers are not going to bail you out as about half of them agree with the Woke and then the other half as your self are not very aware of what is fully going on.
This has been very well planned out and excited and there is little room to fight back.
These people will determine who succeeds and who fails. You can’t fight that kind of money or power.
I hear you and I understand it, but I refuse to bow down.
Terrific. There goes another 50,000+ acres of farmland. And that’s just in Michigan. Couple that with the fact that nearly all new facilities are built on greenfield sites, and *boom*. More hunger in the world. Now let’s add in the ludicrous production of Ethanol; millions of bushels of corn pulled away from the third world. Oh, yeah…this virtue signaling really makes the world a better place?!! I think not.
Well I posted about the World Economic Forum and the ESG scores and now it is blocked.
Please read up on both as they are a big reason why major corporations are going Woke.
You will find Mary and the rest of GM are pressured into much of this.
The WFC is very open with their agenda and they make no secret how they operate or their goal.
This is much larger than just the American Government Regulations.
CFI is a leading provider of online financial certification programs, training, and workforce development.
WEF It was established in 1971 as a not-for-profit foundation and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It is independent, impartial and not tied to any special interests. The Forum strives in all its efforts to demonstrate entrepreneurship in the global public interest while upholding the highest standards of governance. Moral and intellectual integrity is at the heart of everything it does.
51 years old and has not taken me down the garden path. You are fear mongering. Are you also an anti vaxer? Good luck if you believe all this.
This is a car site. If you are scared then go somewhere else with this crap.
I have read seen and heard what they are doing.
It is clear much of their agenda is affecting the auto industry. It should be pointed out, learned and discussed as what they want is what most here are against.
I am not scare as I will speak out and sleazy others to read and learn what this group is,
To you they may be a bunch of do gooders but to me they are a threat to many things I do support.
Michigan has thousands of acres of old auto-related abandoned production sites that would be perfect for solar. Except for one problem: City and State government. They guard those contaminated acres because solar won’t bring the tax dollars that a wished-for new industry would bring. Their logic is upside-down.
This does not seem possible with today’s current grid. Is this more woke propagandist info., or did something happen overnight, that I’m not aware of, to supply “renewable power to all US plants” for GM production, manufacturing, and office spaces. If true, they should put this team together to come up w a cure for cancer, reverse inflation and stop all wars.
To GMA, I saw C8.R’s original post and now it has disappeared. Did not look obscene or offensive to me (especially compared to some past posts which you have left in place)., exactly why did you remove it? Secondly, are you going to post a follow-up article regarding factual backup as to how GM is supporting it “all-renewable” claim?
Yeah some of mine may have disappeared as well probably because they contained some political comments. But GM is being ultra political right now which is very polarizing with their customers (us). Many of us believe that GM should stay in their lane and focus on building great vehicles and leave the politics to the politicians! When they takes sides they loose customers (Business 101)!!! Sorry I’m not a smooth talker, I try to talk plainly and I don’t candy coat it.
It was just the link that got it pulled for some reason. It is restored now.
Please read up on this and it will teach you much on what companies are facing today. This is more than just local politics.
You will find that GM is just like most other companies and trying to survive in a very globality time. To ignore them they will come back and defeat you. Just look at what Musk is going though for buying twitter and not wanting to stop free speech. He is not even a conservative.
Those who do not fall in line will be punished.
I am not giving in.
Way to go Carl, that’s the spirit. Careful crossing the street, an EV may hit you.
I’m waiting for my punishment C8.R Hasn’t happened yet. Maybe they saw what you wrote and they are coming after you. Boohaha!
Lets try this with out the link to the info about what I posted. It can be googled easily. This whole woke agenda starts with this group and the scoring of corporations. It is becoming a larger topic but for too long it was ignored by the people and the media.
Please read up on the ESG scores. This is what is driving global companies anymore and why they are doing what they are doing. Environmental. Social and Governance.
These scores are being used to control and direct companies into what they do and how they do it. If they fall out of line they will pay the price in a number of areas. This is well beyond the Biden regulations.
This is all part of the World Economic Forum. They meet once a year and are the people behind the Woke Agendas. They are in with the United Nations. Few talk about this in the media but it is a very powerful group and are the main root cause of what GM is doing. Kind of corporate black mail.
This group is fighting for global control or our lives.
Woke? OK…
People have to stop using politics and start using their brains… Even if Trump was in office this change we would still come just not as fast… The world is changing granted we would have the pipe line built but we can still use oil along with renewable resources… Please stop saying this is woke… What would you rather have a wind fan or a smelly oil Derick in your backyard!?
The speed of the change would not be any different.
It is that far along. They will float ICE and EV at the same time as long as they can then end ICE.
I don’t see an end to ICE… unless the United States becomes a socialist country you can’t tell people what to buy and drive with the money they work for! If that’s the case then we might as well give up now.
How come no energy saving factory ceiling skylights used in new GM plants like what Tesla uses in their new plants and Walmart uses in their stores and warehouses? Costco too. GM needs to hire a new lighting and energy saving engineering firm to work with their plant designers and architects.
The Germans are huge on skylights in their modern factories even their older plants. Big energy saving and worker physiological benefit with natural daylight.
I’m sorry to break it to you, general motors, but the Physics of the electricity grid does not accommodate your plants getting one source of electricity and their neighbors getting something else. You might think you are paying for 100% renewable energy, but you are getting the exact same mix of resources everyone else in your towns is getting, every second of every day. It’s time to grow up and face the reality that human civilization relies on hydrocarbon energies And will continue to do so for generations if not millennia. And the countries that embrace this fact and leverage there economies with lowest cost fuels will ultimately rule the world. Thanks for your help.