CHINA Oil and Gas Pipeline Network, or PipeChina, aims to bring its carbon emission and energy consumption to a peak before 2030, a company manager said Wednesday. The target follows China’s pledge for peak national CO2 emissions by 2030, as it aims to become carbon neutral before 2060. China has not revealed absolute carbon emissions. PipeChina emitted about 13.2 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2020 and is expected to put out 17.6 million in 2025 before reaching a peak by 2030. “Currently, most of the carbon emissions at PipeChina are coming from our electricity and natural gas consumption,” said Tang Shanhua, the firm’s deputy general manager of business operations. Electricity accounted for about a third of PipeChina’s energy consumption but was responsible for 65 percent of its 2020 carbon emissions. “In the next step, we will optimize our energy consumption structure and purchase more electricity that is generated from renewable sources through market trading,” Tang added. (SD-Agencies) |