Sunday, February 12, 2006

The Ford Power Plant


Ford Motor Company has a factory in St. Paul. The factory produces Ford Ranger trucks. Ford built this power plant to supply power to the factory. The plant is one of only two vehicle plants in the world powered exclusively by non-carbon energy. The Ford factory gets its power from its own hydroelectric station below the plant on the Mississippi River, saving considerable electricity costs. It's not sexy, but there it is!

5 comments:

Julie DuRose said...

Way to be a PR person for St. Paul. Awesome little-known fact about our fair city.

Honey Bunny said...

wow. i've learned something new!

Anne said...

Would you know what's the other factory that gets power from noncarbon sources?

Anonymous said...

What do you mean, "it's not sexy"? I think it's very sexy. I love that place.

Anonymous said...

I have always liked it and think it's Dam sexy