» Thai factory will have world’s largest rooftop solar array

Thailand is setting the pace on the road to clean energy as a tire factory Sumitomo Rubber is building the world’s largest rooftop solar array, since the company strives to make its facility just east of Bangkok 100 percent sustainable.

The rooftop solar array will be equal in size to 10 American football fields, according to electrek, an American website dedicated to electric transportation and sustainable energy. It will consist of approximately 40,000 solar panels and cover an area of 1,076,391 square feet.

The array is scheduled to become operational in January 2025 and will have a total output of about 22 megawatts. It will…