On August 10, 2022, Ford Motor Co. announced that it has entered a clean energy power purchase agreement with DTE Energy.[1] Under the agreement, the utility will add 650 MW of new solar energy in Michigan for Ford, a nearly 70% increase in the amount of solar energy installed in Michigan. According to the press release, it is the largest corporate renewable energy purchase made with a utility in the U.S. DTE estimates that the construction of the solar arrays will create 250 temporary jobs and 10 permanent jobs. Through the agreement, every Ford vehicle manufactured in Michigan will be assembled with 100% clean energy by 2025, 10 years earlier than its company-wide goal.

Ford is purchasing clean electricity through the utility’s MIGreenPower program, one of the largest voluntary renewable energy programs in the U.S. To date, more than 600 businesses and 62,000 residential customers have enrolled in the MIGreenPower program. On an annual basis, program customers have enrolled 2.8 million MWh of clean energy in the program. The utility plans to add thousands of megawatts of new clean energy projects to support the program.

[1] https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/08/10/ford-motor-company-and-dte-energy.html