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Offsetting in Guatemala

As part of a wide-ranging commitment to sustainable business development, Land Rover and partner ClimateCare are investing in a geothermal power plant at the Amatitlan Geothermal Field in Guatemala.

The project is part of Land Rover's portfolio planned to offset manufacturing assembly CO₂ emissions as well as tailpipe CO₂ emissions for the first 45,000 miles/72,000 km of driving in new vehicles sold in ten countries worldwide. Using state-of-the-art technology, the power plant aims to generate renewable energy for use on the national grid.

Steam is extracted from a series of wells and used to drive two large turbines. The steam is then condensed and fed back into the ground through an injection well.

This initiative is designed to harness the power of heat stored beneath the surface to produce a clean, sustainable and reliable electricity source. Increasing capacity to meet growing national demand in the process.

As well as cutting emissions and providing greater stability to consumers and the economy, the Amatitlan plant created 500 construction jobs, 20 permanent jobs and also supported the local service industries.

There are further environmental benefits too. A programme to reduce the threat of local flooding has seen repairs to road infrastructure and a reforestation project involving the planting of 5,000 new trees.

 

Courtesy of LandRover.com