Samsung Electronics ‘Achieving carbon neutrality by using all available methods such as direct investment and PPA’

Samsung Electronics announced that it will achieve its carbon-neutral goal by 2050 by using all available methods. This is expected to have a significant impact on the domestic renewable energy industry as it intends to promote carbon neutrality with all aspects of direct investment in renewable energy production, power purchase agreements (PPAs), green premiums, and new and renewable energy supply certificates. RECs) in mind. .

On the 16th, Samsung Electronics held a ‘New Environmental Management Strategy Meeting’ in its Seoul office building to introduce environmentally friendly innovative technologies that will contribute to improving the global environment, such as overcoming the climate crisis.

Kim Su-jin, vice president of Samsung Electronics’ Sustainability Promotion Center, said at the meeting, “There are various methods of power supply and demand for renewable energy, so we will use all available methods to achieve our carbon-neutral goal. ” This answers the question of whether direct investment and collaboration with renewable energy companies will be pursued when the domestic renewable energy supply is insufficient in relation to achieving carbon neutrality.

Vice President Kim said, “Everyone will agree that carbon neutrality is a difficult challenge, and I believe that (Samsung Electronics) cannot do it alone, and market participants must do it together.” We will cooperate,” he said.

He said, “There is no specific preference (Samsung Electronics) among the methods of securing renewable energy,” he said.

Vice President Kim said he plans to gradually establish and implement short- and medium-term carbon reduction targets. He said, “Samsung Electronics has a global business structure, so achieving carbon neutrality in 2050 is a very challenging task, but we have presented a direction and a plan to update specific goals in creating a process.”

At the eco-friendly innovative technology briefing, Doeun Song, Vice President of Environment and Safety Center (DS Division) and Hyungnam Kim, Vice President of Global CS Center (DX Division) presented content to be promoted. Vice President Song announced that the DS department plans to continuously develop ultra-low power semiconductors, recycle extreme water resources, challenge air and water pollutants to the ‘natural’ level, and pursue zero direct greenhouse gas emissions .

Vice President Hyungnam Kim developed highly energy-efficient energy-saving products in the DX sector, reduced energy consumption in the consumer consumption stage through SmartThings, applied recycled resin to all plastic parts by 2050, established a recycling system on for all waste batteries collected, and each The country announced the sale of the main content of environmental management, such as the collection of waste electronic products.

Reporter Bongkyun Ham hbkone@etnews.com