- In 2021, BMW’s energy use will account for 54% of natural gas, and the proportion of natural gas used by the entire German auto industry will also reach 37%.
- The recent Russian-Ukrainian war and natural gas embargo have also affected the energy use of the automobile industry.
- BMW recently revealed that it will expand energy investment to reduce the need for traditional fuel operation, and will continue to explore solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy technologies to build the world’s first auto plant that does not rely on traditional fuels to operate.
BMW recently revealed that it will expand energy investment to reduce the need to operate on traditional fuels, and earlier stated that it will continue to explore solar, geothermal and hydrogen energy technologies to build the world’s first car factory that does not rely on traditional fuels at all.
According to BMW production director Milan Nedeljkovic, BMW plans to increase the proportion of energy used in traditional fuels by adding solar cells and cooperating with the German government’s plan to deliver hydrogen to BMW’s car factory in Leipzig. Outside of Germany, there are plans to build a factory in Debrecen, Hungary, to import solar energy on a large scale, and plans to introduce geothermal heat, so that the car factory can completely get rid of traditional fuels.
In BMW’s energy use in 2021, the proportion of natural gas use will account for 54%, and the proportion of natural gas used by the entire German auto industry will also reach 37%. Recently, affected by the Russian-Ukrainian war, Germany is currently in the natural gas embargo policy derived from Russia. Under the restrictions, the auto industry has been significantly affected, and it has become an impact in addition to the shortage of semiconductor components, which has also led BMW to plan to seek other alternative energy sources.
However, compared with wind and solar power conversion methods, geothermal can obviously drive more stable power conversion, but the construction cost is relatively high. Therefore, at present, most manufacturers still mainly import solar power and wind power with relatively mature technologies. There are still many operators who expect to invest in geothermal and hydrogen power generation to obtain higher power conversion benefits.
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