The external supply of power at the Volkswagen brand’s 16 plants around the world has already been switched to 70 per cent green electricity from renewable sources. The company has now resolved to increase this figure to 90 per cent inside just one year.
“We want to significantly increase the amount of green energy bought in at our plants this year from 70 to 90 per cent” said Andreas Tostmann, Volkswagen Brand Board of Management Member for Production and Logistics.
A systematic switch from coal to gas at other plants by 2022 is expected to achieve a 60 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from electricity and heat generation. The first components for achieving this were delivered last weekend.
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