South African retailer Shoprite announces its own solar power plant

According to a South African media report on April 21, local time, on the occasion of the Global Climate Summit, South Africa’s largest food retailer Shoprite announced that it will build its own wind and Solar Panel Kit Off Grid solar power plants to contribute to reducing carbon emissions.

Shoprite Group stated that its 21 distribution centers and the top of its stores already have a total of about eight solar panels the size of a football field. Although the energy generated by these panels can power 1,100 homes, it accounts for only a small percentage of the energy consumption of the group. To 1%. The group plans to use renewable energy to meet 25% of its operational needs in the next five years.

In addition, the group will also install solar panels on the roof of refrigerated trucks, so that the engine can be turned off when the refrigerated truck is not running, while maintaining the refrigeration effect, it can also reduce noise and exhaust emissions. The company has spent 98.3 million rand (approximately RMB 44.58 million) to replace all fluorescent lamps with LED lamps, saving 83.8 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in four years.

Shoprite said that everyone is on the same planet, and it is of global significance to build a cooperative and win-win climate governance system.