In China, Volvo is banking on biogas to reduce its carbon emissions

The first site of a Chinese manufacturer to achieve climate neutrality, the Taizhou factory switched to natural gas, saving more than 7,000 tons of CO2 per year.

Owned by Chinese conglomerate Geely since 2010, Volvo is banking on biogas to decarbonize its manufacturing operations. In China, a Swedish manufacturer has announced a switch to biogas to cover the heating needs of its Taizhou factory. Located in the east of the country, the site ensures the assembly of the XC40 and its electric version together with the Polestar 2. A transition that allows the manufacturer to save more than 7,000 tons of CO2 per year.

« Although this is a small fraction of the production scope of 1-3 of the 43 million tons of CO2 emitted, achieving this energy neutrality at the Taizhou factory is an important step in ensuring that the manufacturer’s manufacturing operations are climate-neutral by 2025. » underlines the brand’s press release.

Already powered by green electricity, part of which is generated using on-site solar panels, the Taizhou plant is the manufacturer’s second “climate neutral” plant after Torslanda in Gothenburg, Sweden.

With its own solar panels, Volvo’s factory in Taizhou covers 40% of its electricity needs independently.