Taizhou accelerates zero-carbon industrial transformation
A zero-carbon factory in Taizhou. [Photo/WeChat account: hlfb0523]
Taizhou is stepping up its push toward green industrial development, with a series of zero-carbon projects gaining momentum across the city, helping local manufacturers strengthen competitiveness through cleaner, smarter production.
In Jiangyan district, construction is in full swing on the Shuangdeng Zero-Carbon Industrial Park. The project is planned with a total investment of 5 billion yuan ($725.54 million), including 1 billion yuan in its first phase. Once fully operational, it is expected to deliver a total energy storage capacity of 4 GWh.
In Xinghua, the Green Energy and Digital Intelligence Industrial Park within the Xinghua Economic Development Zone is actively seeking to become a national-level zero-carbon park.
Already a national-level green industrial park, it is using the zero-carbon transformation of its two leading industries — healthy food and green manufacturing — to guide future development.
"We encourage all factories to install distributed photovoltaic systems on their rooftops and support the construction of energy storage stations," said Zhao Yihua, deputy director of the administrative committee of Xinghua Economic Development Zone.
Xinghua Economic Development Zone. [Photo/WeChat account: hlfb0523]
The park is also promoting energy-saving upgrades across production lines and encouraging enterprises to prioritize green electricity. In cold-chain logistics, it is expanding the use of green electricity-powered cold storage facilities and new energy refrigerated vehicles.
Jingjiang-based electric water heater manufacturer GMO has already begun to benefit from this green transition.
Its zero-carbon factory, which went into operation last year, uses a precisely managed 2.7-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic system that cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 3,190 metric tons annually and saves 400 tons of coal.
The company is also accelerating efforts in carbon asset management. On its carbon-reduction digital platform, the operating status of more than 200 hot water systems across China can be monitored in real time.
"These real-time energy consumption figures allow us to convert energy-saving results into measurable carbon reduction indicators," said Zhu Qingguo, chairman of GMO. "In the future, these indicators will become tradable carbon assets."
