Mercedes-Benz to halve CO2 emissions by 2030
BERLIN (Reuters) -Mercedes-Benz goals to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030, the carmaker stated on Monday, offering a half-way objective to its present goal of changing into CO2 impartial by 2039.
The corporate can even work in the direction of masking 70% of the power it wants for manufacturing with renewable power by 2030, up from 45-50% at current, it stated.
Round 15% of this power ought to come from photo voltaic and wind crops on or linked to Mercedes-Benz’ personal websites, manufacturing chief Joerg Burzer stated in a presentation.
The remaining will probably be sourced by so-called Energy Buy Agreements (PPAs), the place energy producers are paid to generate a certain quantity of power over plenty of years at a set worth.
The carmaker is in superior discussions to buy further wind power by PPAs price a billion euros ($1.09 billion) by 2025, Burzer added.
For now, Mercedes-Benz nonetheless depends on fuel as a back-up provide supply. “We clearly nonetheless want the fuel,” Burzer stated. “We’re engaged on minimising that.”
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(Reporting by Victoria WalderseeEditing by Paul Carrel)
