[Auto] Volvo Cars factory in Daquinq runs on 100% climate-neutral electricity

[SougarLord]

 

With the addition of Daqing, Volvo Cars' global manufacturing network is now almost 90 percent powered by climate-neutral electricity, an important step towards achieving the climate-neutral goal of all the company's manufacturing operations for the year. 2025.

 

In the future, the Daqing factory, located in Heilongjiang province, will run on electricity from biomass (83 percent) and wind power (17 percent), which are estimated to reduce the annual CO2 emissions of the factory at approximately 34,000 tons.

 

Specifically, the biomass power plants supplying the Daqing factory use locally sourced and sustainably sourced agricultural and forestry waste.

 

"For Volvo Cars, sustainability is as important as safety," says Javier Varela, Senior Vice President, Industrial Operations and Quality. "To achieve our ambitious environmental goals, addressing the emissions from our manufacturing network is critical and I am very pleased that Daqing is running and on 100 percent climate-neutral electricity."

 

 

Apart from the Daqing milestone, Volvo Cars has made progress in reducing emissions from all of its factories in China. In recent months it has been in close contact with its local suppliers to encourage them to do the same and switch to 100 percent climate neutral energy. So far the response has been very positive.

 

To achieve its goal of climate-neutral manufacturing operations by 2025, Volvo Cars needs access to climate-neutral electricity and heating. Achieving this objective forces the company to find partners in governments and companies that support the development of sustainable alternatives.

 

"We can only achieve our climate action goals by working with our suppliers," says Javier Varela. "We are encouraged by the support we have received so far in China and we want to be a benchmark in sustainability for the sector."

 

The climate neutrality target for Volvo Cars' factories is part of the company's climate plan, one of the most ambitious in the automotive industry. The key element of the plan is Volvo Cars' goal to become an all-electric vehicle manufacturer by 2030.

 

However, this plan is not limited to the goal of reducing exhaust emissions through electrification, but also addresses the carbon emissions of the company's overall operations and its supply chain, as well as the recycling and reuse of the materials.

 

In the short term, with this and other measures we want to reduce the life cycle carbon footprint of all our vehicles by 40 percent between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars wants to be a company without impact on the climate.