BMW Buys Aluminum Made With Solar Power From Emirates to Cut CO2
February 02 2021 - 3:05AM
Dow Jones News
By Dieter Holger
German luxury car maker Bayerische Motoren Werke AG started
buying aluminum made with solar power to stem the growth of
carbon-dioxide emissions in its supply chain.
The Munich-based company said Tuesday that it inked a
"triple-digit million-euro" deal with Emirates Global Aluminium
PJSC to source 43,000 metric tons of the lower-emission metal in
2021 using energy from the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar
Park in the desert outside Dubai. That amount will supply nearly
half the yearly needs for the company's light metal foundry in
Landshut, Germany, where BMW makes body and drive-train parts for
its four car brands.
Solar-powered aluminum can cut 2.5 million metric tons of CO2
emissions over the next ten years, or around 3% of BMW's CO2 target
for its supplier network, the company said. BMW Group, which
includes Mini and Rolls-Royce cars, has pledged to cut 20% of CO2
emissions in its supply chain by 2030, compared with 2019
levels.
Without action, BMW said that its CO2 emissions per vehicle are
set to increase by more than a third by 2030. "The company not only
wants to stop this trend, but also reverse it," it said. BMW aims
for a 20% CO2 reduction per vehicle by 2030.
Write to Dieter Holger at dieter.holger@wsj.com;
@dieterholger
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