BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz goals to halve its CO2 emissions by 2030, the carmaker stated on Monday, offering a half-way aim to its current goal of changing into CO2 impartial by 2039.
The corporate may also work in the direction of masking 70% of the vitality it wants for manufacturing with renewable vitality by 2030, up from 45-50% at current, it stated.
Round 15% of this vitality 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 remainder will likely be sourced by means of so-called Energy Buy Agreements (PPAs), the place energy producers are paid to generate a certain quantity of vitality over plenty of years at a set worth.
The carmaker is in superior discussions to buy further wind vitality by means of PPAs value 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 Waldersee; Modifying by Paul Carrel
