People love the superlative. The biggest, strongest, fastest, smallest... putting "-est" on the end of a word really draws attention. With that said, Rochester Hills-based Energy Conversion Devices is helping build the largest solar rooftop in the world... it's the superlative.
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The 12-megawatt system is being installed on GM's assembly plant in Zaragoza, Spain and will become operational in the fall of 2008. ECD will supply the solar laminates through its subsidiary United Solar Ovonic LLC.
When fully operational, the photovoltaic system will have a peak capacity of 12 megawatts, producing as much as 15 million kilowatt hours of "green" energy annually, enough to power approximately 4,500 homes.
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