Promoting green and low-carbon economic and social development is a key link to achieve high-quality development

      In recent years, under the guidance of the "carbon peaking and carbon neutrality" goal, Kunshan has seized the opportunity to lay out a new low-carbon industry track, and actively promoted the green and intelligent integrated development of manufacturing industry, creating a total of 15 national green factories, 1 green supply chain management enterprise, 66 green factories in Jiangsu Province, and 6 "near zero carbon" factories in Suzhou.

      When we walked into Kunshan Luxin New Material Technology Co., LTD, we saw the machine running, the platform processing centers were running in an orderly way, and the workers were busy producing at full power on the production line.

      Viewed from above, the roof of the factory is covered with photovoltaic panels, 14,000 square meters, which is the size of more than 30 standard basketball courts. "The roof can generate about 1.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, which is equivalent to the normal annual electricity consumption of more than 1,600 households." Huang Xiao, deputy general manager of Kunshan Luxin New Material Technology Co., LTD.

      In addition to the PV on the roof, the green road of the factory also lies in the transformation of the process and equipment: the production energy consumption of the product is greatly reduced, and the annual saving of natural gas is about 155,000 cubic meters. With the blessing of big data, the energy consumption of each production link can be clearly seen.

      "For example, we reuse the heat in the warm zone behind the aluminum rod heating furnace to preheat the first zone and reduce the use of natural gas." The energy use of the entire plant can be monitored in real time, because the energy use equipment on site is equipped with a 'water and electricity meter', and the data is uploaded every five seconds." Huang Xiao said that an important part of energy saving and emission reduction is energy-saving technology transformation (referred to as energy-saving technical transformation), after using this system, it can be convenient to predict some results.

      In 2023, Kunshan Luxin New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has been selected as Suzhou "Near Zero Carbon" factory and National Green Factory, annual unit energy consumption of 82.3kgec/t (kg standard coal per ton), lower than the industry energy consumption limit standard, compared with 84.4kgec/t (kg standard coal per ton) in 2022, unit energy consumption reduced by 2.5%.

      What is a "Near Zero Carbon" factory? -- refers to the factories that, with the goal of scientific carbon reduction, establish a "near-zero carbon" greenhouse gas management system through technological transformation, standardize greenhouse gas emission management behaviors, improve greenhouse gas emission related performance, and promote the continuous reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from factories and gradually approach zero.

      The "near zero carbon" is essentially a low carbon, close to carbon neutral in state. In the past, enterprises from low carbon to "near zero carbon".Now, "near zero carbon" to "zero carbon" the new pursuit, is being realized, "our two main energy sources are electricity and natural gas, electricity, photovoltaic laying reduced by about 30% of the consumption, the remaining 70% through access to green electricity to solve." The natural gas is traded through the forest carbon sink, which neutralizes the carbon emissions generated by the natural gas, which means that the entire operation of the plant is now green, low carbon and zero emissions."

Shao Hongsheng, chairman of Kunshan Luxin New Material Technology Co., LTD,said that "As the pioneer of green manufacturing in Kunshan, we actively respond to the call of the government, promote the establishment of the alliance for the green and low-carbon development of Kunshan enterprises, adhere to the development concept of 'low carbon, zero carbon, decarbonization', help the goal of 'carbon neutrality', and contribute our strength to the high-quality development of Kunshan economy."