To achieve the target of utilizing 100% renewable energy and carbon neutrality at all locations around the world by 2030, Delta announced today (9th) that it will be signing a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with TCC Green Energy Corporation (TCC Green Energy) on purchasing 7.2MW of wind power from the Taiwan Cogeneration Cooperation, which provides roughly 19 million kWh of green electricity for Delta each year.
This is the first time Delta is signing a PPA ever since its announcement in joining RE100 and the declaration of the green energy target during March this year. Among these, Delta’s major production plants generated roughly 25.30 million kWh of solar power during 2020, and purchased 285 million kWh of international renewable energy certificates. Renewable power occupies approximately 55.1% of the overall power consumption at the major production plants, which is roughly 45.7% of renewable power from global locations.
Delta also established a cross-department green energy task force in early 2021 to accelerate the purchase of PPA. TCC Green Energy is the largest retailer of renewable energy transfer in Taiwan. Huang Shun-yi, Chairman of TCC Green Energy Corporation, commented that the transferring devices for the Xingbao Wind Farm are the latest onshore wind turbines established by the corporation, with a single unit sitting at an installed capacity of 3.6MW that is currently the largest installed capacity among onshore wind power generators in the country.
Cheng Ping, CEO of Delta, commented that this PPA will transfer roughly 19 million kWh of green power to Delta each year, and accumulate more than 193K tons of carbon reduction, which is the equivalent of 502 Daan Forest Parks.
Delta has long been concerned on climate change, and is actively participating in international initiatives. The company stipulated the target of reducing the carbon intensity by 56.6% based on the base year of 2014 through Science-based Targets during 2017. To achieve the targets of RE100, Delta will utilize autonomous energy conservation, self-production and generation of solar energy, and investment on renewable power plants, as well as evaluate the transaction maturity of the local green power market, and the conformation of PPA or RECs, in order to achieve the guaranteed objectives.
(Cover photo source: Delta)