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- Sep 20, 200790% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Volvo's Ghent Truck Plant Becomes the World's First CO2-Free Vehicle Factory
- Volvo announced on 20 September 2007 that its Ghent, Belgium truck plant is the world's first completely CO2-free vehicle plant[2][3]
- Three on-site wind plants cover half the plant's electricity, the rest is certified green energy from Electrabel[3]
- A pellet-fired biomass plant supplies 70% of heating, with solar cells aiding combustion; the remaining 30% comes from an oil boiler converted to bio oil[3]
- Ghent makes 35,000 trucks a year with 2,500 employees; CEO Leif Johansson said the ambition is to make all plants CO2-free[3]
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- [1]90%youtube.com/watch?v=t7RGilxjj5Yyoutube.com· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Sep 20, 2007 ✓· 50% of score
Volvo Group's[2][3] own press release, dated 20 September 2007, states the Ghent plant became "the first vehicle plant in the world that is completely free from carbon dioxide (CO2)."
- [2]85%Volvo Group | Fossil-free operations - Ghentvolvogroup.com· Added Sep 15, 2026· 50% of score
Volvo Group's[3] heritage page corroborates the September 2007 CO2-free milestone at the Ghent truck plant and describes its ongoing sustainable energy operations.
- [3]95%Volvo’s plant in Ghent first in the world with carbon-dioxide-free vehicle productionvolvogroup.com· Published Sep 20, 2007· 0% of score
Volvo Group's[2] official 20 September 2007 press release directly states the Ghent plant achieved CO2-free vehicle production first in the world, with details on its wind, biomass, and bio-oil energy mix.
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