Taiwan’s electricity grid is prone to seasonal outages
Most recently, in the summer of 2021, rolling blackouts occurred after a simultaneous heatwave, drought and power plant failure struck southern Taiwan. As a result, numerous factories were forced to pause production, temporarily.
Every hour, CHIMEI uses up to 85,000 kWh of electricity
This amount itself is equivalent to the energy consumption of more than 400 households for an entire month. Imagine how much electricity we use to run our 24-hour operation – a lot, just to keep our machines running and to generate heat for chemical reactions. Our ABS plastics, PC plastics and Liquid Butadiene Rubber productions take up the lion’s share of power.
It became critically important to think about sustainable production and the source of energy
As a company, we are stepping up to the responsibility of becoming more energy self-sufficient. We have taken the matter into our own hands – generating a reliable supply of electricity and steam in the most reliable ways possible, while taking our carbon footprint into account.
while also becoming cleaner and greener?
How does CHIMEI become
more energy self-sufficient?
The Cogeneration Plant is our largest project to achieve energy self-sufficiency
Coming soon in November 2022, the cogeneration plant will be able to generate 85% of our energy needs alongside 66% of our steam. The plant will be fueled by natural gas and use turbine fans to generate energy. Like all forms of power generation, there is waste heat. Uniquely for cogeneration, this waste heat is recovered to produce steam that is then used in our manufacturing process.
The CHIMEI Green Energy Park is part of our efforts to generate cleaner, more sustainable power
Located in tropical, southern Taiwan, we are perfectly placed to harvest solar energy. With the capacity to generate 20 million kWh per year (equivalent to the energy consumption of 8,100 households) the Green Energy Park helps make CHIMEI more energy self sufficient, while providing a clean source of power for our production plant.
The Resource Recycling Furnace contributes to our waste treatment and circular economy practices
Converting waste into energy is an alternative to disposing waste into landfills. We rigorously check all waste before incinerating and 98.2% has been successfully converted into energy. In effect, this process has the potential to reduce our waste outsourcing to as little as 2%.
coal and oil over the past decade
Although transitioning away from coal and oil has been expensive, we believe it’s worth our effort to protect the environment. Now, just 3% of our equipment is powered by oil and we’re moving it entirely to natural gas.
Each energy project aims to reduce our carbon footprint
Between 2009 and 2019, we achieved a 36% reduction in our total carbon emissions, which means we stopped 150,000 tons of carbon from entering the atmosphere each year. CHIMEI is a member of SBTi and we look forward to building a zero-carbon economy with our clients.
How many households could we power with the
solar panels at CHIMEI Green Energy Park?
8,100 homes
Approximately 20 million kWh of energy, which previously came from the national grid, now comes from CHIMEI Green Energy Park.