Renewable energy in the form of 10 wind turbines supplies 6,500 kW,
or around 5% of the power used by the Sunderland Plant in the United
Kingdom. Solar panels also produce approximately 200 kW at Nissan’s plant
in Spain. The Aguascalientes Plant in Mexico proactively uses energy
generated from biomass gas and wind power, achieving a renewable energy
usage rate of 50% in 2013. In addition, at the Zama Operation Center in
Japan Nissan is developing small-scale hydropower generators, capable of
creating around 0.5 kW of power from a drop of 2.5 meters from drainage
pipes, and testing their usage in production plants