CATL’s Sichuan Plant Recognized as National Green Factory

Recently, Sichuan Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL-SC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CATL, was shortlisted in the Green Manufacturers 2023 released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China and won the title of National Green Factory. It is another major honor won by CATL-SC, following the world’s first zero-carbon battery factory, the global Lighthouse Factory and the National Smart-manufacturing Demonstration Factory.

The National Green Factory is a national initiative organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to promote the in-depth implementation of green manufacturing projects, accelerate the construction of green manufacturing systems, and give full play to the demonstrative and driving role of advanced models in green manufacturing, so as to accelerate the achievement of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals in industrial sector. This title is a full recognition of a company on green and low-carbon practices as well as green manufacturing capabilities.

Adhering to the concept of green and low-carbon development, CATL-SC began to develop the zero-carbon roadmap since the preparation stage. It is dedicated to reducing carbon emissions through continuous transformation and innovation in manufacturing, energy utilization and other areas, and producing more low-carbon and competitive products using fewer raw materials.

In terms of manufacturing, the plant has vigorously implemented green and low-carbon concepts in areas of infrastructure, management systems, energy resource investment and utilization, and environmental emissions, achieving green manufacturing that features low-carbon energy, intensive factories, harmless raw materials, clean production, and wastes recycling. 

In terms of energy utilization, CATL-SC has independently developed the CFMS intelligent factory management system and deployed over 40,000 environmental detection sensors in the factory. By utilizing the Narrow Band IoT (NB-IoT) technology for information collection, the detection sensors enable 100% online monitoring of all factory equipment, which allows real-time uploading of all status parameters, thereby realizing rapid data interaction. By calculating these data, the AI system can optimize those energy-saving solutions continuously and tailor optimal operating parameters to each equipment. 

In addition to continuing to promote its zero-carbon goal, CATL-SC also actively collaborates with its partners to maintain close cooperation in green and low-carbon fields such as promotion of clean energy applications and regional electrification, striving to promote the sustainable development of the entire lithium-ion battery industry chain. 

The measures taken by CATL-SC are an epitome of CATL’s all-out efforts to promote green and low-carbon development. At present, green manufacturing has become a must for promoting the strategy of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality and achieving high-quality development. CATL will play a leading role in green manufacturing, collaborate with its partners, and strive to continuously inject green momentum into the zero-carbon upgrade and high-quality development of the new energy industry.