Capai Tujuan Energi Terbarukan Tahun 2025, Semua Sistem GM AKAN Menggunakan Energi Bersih

General Motors will achieve a faster net energy goal (photo: Unsplash)

JAKARTA - General Motors announced that it has completed an agreement to use the energy resources needed to mobilize all of its facilities in the US with clean energy by 2025.

This is in line with the acceleration target announced in September 2021, which is 5 years ahead of the 2030 target announced in early 2021 and 25 years ahead of the initial 2050 target set in 2016.

"We believe it is very important for ourselves, for our customers and for the future of the planet to step up our efforts and achieve ambitious targets that bring us closer to a more sustainable world," Kristen Siemen, GM's chief sustainability officer in a press release. quoted from PR Newswire.

In addition to our U.S. goals, we plan to source 100% renewable energy to meet our global electricity needs by 2035 and plan to achieve 60% globally by 2025.Learn more about our renewable energy goals below. https://t.co/Dg8QnNVSmC

— General Motors (@GM) October 26, 2022

According to Siemen, securing the renewable energy they need to achieve the goal of making real progress in reducing company emissions in all aspects of their business.

By achieving this accelerated goal, GM hopes to avoid the production of about 1 million metric tons of carbon emissions that will be produced between 2025 and 2030, the same as emissions resulting from burning 1 billion pounds of coal.

The renewable energy source is an important component of GM's plan for decarbonization. There are at least four pillars of the company's renewable energy strategy, namely:

"Today's announcement to secure the energy needed to achieve their 2025 goal is another example of their leadership," said Miranda Ballentine, CEO of the Clean Energy Buyers Association.

GM plans to reach more than 1 million annual EV capacity units in North America and China by the end of 2025.