KUNMING, China, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- LONGi founder and
president Li Zhenguo has announced an ambitious pledge to convert
the company's Baoshan production base in Yunnan Province into its first "Net-zero
Plant" by 2023. The announcement was made at the UN Biodiversity
Conference (COP15) in Kunming, China and delivery on the pledge will
see the beginning of "Net-zero LONGi" and a test field for the
company's "Solar for Solar" sustainable development concept.
With the challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss
growing, the realization of global sustainable development has
reached a crossroads. As the only solar energy company invited to
attend the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the
Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15), LONGi firmly believes that photovoltaics
can change the earth's ecology and contribute to biodiversity
protection.
"Climate change has an all-round impact on biodiversity, and
unreasonable energy development modes represent a key factor
leading to climate change and increasing biodiversity issues,"
said Li, going on to add that LONGi is a staunch supporter of
climate action, in the belief that photovoltaics plus energy
storage can be a powerful weapon to mitigate climate change. The
company has taken the lead in promoting the reduction in cost and
increase in efficiency of photovoltaic products, reducing the cost
of photovoltaic power generation by more than 90% over the past
decade, providing technical support for the achievement of carbon
peak and neutrality goals.
LONGi launched its "Solar for Solar" concept in December 2018, based on manufacturing
photovoltaic products driven by photovoltaic power generation, with
the objective of extending the role of PV in ecological
restoration. The concept had originated in Yunnan Province, where LONGi was the first PV
company to establish a base, going on to play a leading role in the
development of the province's new energy industry.
In 2020, LONGi successively joined RE100, EV100, EP100 and
Scientific Carbon Target (SBTi), becoming the only Chinese solar
technology company to join four international initiatives at the
same time. The company's Baoshan production base, in effect the
first "Net-zero Plant", was also a concrete implementation of the
four initiatives, and can be viewed as the starting point for
"Net-zero LONGi".
Yunnan is the province with the
most abundant green energy in China. Installed capacity accounts for
85%, with power generation from green energy reaching 90%, laying a
very solid foundation for building a net-zero plant.
"We are planning on two years to achieve zero emissions
within the operational scope of the LONGi Baoshan base by
purchasing green power, energy-saving technological transformation
and carbon emission offset measures." Li divided the
realization of the "Net- zero Plant" into four steps:
Firstly, ensuring that 100% of the Baoshan base utilises green
power throughout the year; secondly, completing the production
technology transformation of the base's carbon deposition materials
to significantly reduce natural gas leakage; thirdly, promoting
green production in the base and, finally, purchasing Chinese
Certified Emission Reduction (CCER) to offset carbon emissions that
cannot be completely eliminated.
Li concluded: "LONGi will always be a defender of and
contributor to ecological harmony, sparing no effort to achieve
net-zero targets, promote global energy transformation and join
hands with partners from all walks of life to jointly realize this
vision."
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