NEWPORT, AR— NorthStar Clean Energy’s solar farm here will support the electricity needs of three General Motors assembly plants. The initiative will power two factories in Michigan (Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly), in addition to one plant in Missouri (Wentzville Assembly) by adding renewable energy directly to the grid that the facilities source from.

GM has agreed to a 15-year purchase agreement with NorthStar, which is a division of CMS Energy. The Newport project has a capacity of 180 megawatts, which is enough to powe 30,000 homes annually.