Driving towards low-carbon car manufacturing

World-renowned vehicle manufacturer Ford has ambitious carbon reduction targets across its global business operations. As an important contribution towards this goal, the car giant instructed EWT to install a DW54-500kW wind turbine at their engine plant in Bridgend, Wales.  

Standing at 77 metres to blade tip, the wind turbine is capable of generating up to 1,700 megawatthour of zero-carbon electricity per year. In order to produce over 800,000 petrol engines for Ford vehicles every year, the Bridgend plant requires around 4,440 megawatthour annually. The EWT wind turbine is able to offset just under 40% of the plant’s electricity demands, reducing its energy costs and contributing significantly to Ford’s ambition to decrease its carbon footprint.

Ensuring benefits of the wind turbine are felt in the wider community, a community benefit fund of £2,500 per annum for the 20-year life of the turbine has been set up to fund projects and initiatives in the local community.