Manufacturers around the world are increasingly concerned about their carbon footprint. One company that is doing something about it is General Motors. Last fall, the automaker announced that it plans to source 100 percent renewable energy to power its U.S. sites by 2025.

DETROIT, MI — General Motors and DTE Energy are working together to accelerate Michigan’s transition to renewable energy with a deal to source 500,000 megawatt hours of solar energy as part of DTE’s MIGreenPower program.

BRUSSELS – Toyota Motor Europe recently announced it reached 100 percent renewable electricity use across all its European operations and facilities in 2019.

ORION, MI—GM’s assembly plant here saves $1 million annually by using renewable energy sources and now ranks as the 8th largest user of “green power” in the United States.

PRETORIA, South Africa—BMW’s assembly plant here is getting some of its power from cow manure. The company has agreed to a 10-year deal to buy as much as 4.4 megawatts of electricity from a biogas power station about 80 kilometers from the assembly plant. Surrounded by land where approximately 30,000 cattle graze, the power station runs off gas emitted by a fetid mixture of dung and organic waste.

MESA, AZ—Apple’s new factory under construction here will run entirely on renewable energy when it opens.