How Samsung DS Reduces Carbon Emissions by Boosting Renewable Energy Generation with Solar Power

Solar power generation facility installed in the parking lot of Samsung Electronics Semiconductor Campus

"The ultimate goal is to create a carbon-neutral campus through the installation of solar power facilities, reducing electricity, city gas, and process gases via Green Fab."

Heo Seong-won SP (pictured), who is in charge of establishing solar power facilities at Samsung Electronics' Semiconductor (DS) Division, Cheonan-Onyang Environmental Safety Group, is an environmental safety expert majoring in environmental engineering. He is responsible for activities aimed at carbon reduction, including planning the installation of solar panels within the Samsung Semiconductor campus and managing the solar power generation system.

The Samsung Electronics YouTube content 'Tomorrow Also Works Hard (ESG)', released on the 30th, features Heo SP, nicknamed the 'Descendant of the Sun,' at work. In the semiconductor campus parking lot, where he works, a large-scale solar power facility has been established. Since starting with the Hwaseong campus in 2013, Samsung Electronics DS Division has sequentially installed solar power facilities in the parking lots of Giheung, Pyeongtaek, and Onyang campuses. This year, the installation of the solar power facility at the Onyang campus parking lot was completed, and since April, the DS Division has been operating these facilities across all domestic campuses.

Heo Seong-won, SP of the Cheonan·Onyang Environment and Safety Group, responsible for establishing solar power generation facilities in Samsung Electronics Semiconductor (DS) Division.

Heo SP said, "Through the recently installed solar power facility at the Onyang campus parking lot, we exceeded the renewable energy generation target set by the Cheonan-Onyang Environmental Safety Group earlier this year by 152% in just four months," adding, "At the same time, we succeeded in reducing greenhouse gases by 20 tons, equivalent to planting 3,000 trees."

Currently, the total area of solar power facilities installed at each DS Division site is 27,660 m², which is four times the size of a soccer field. The total annual solar power generation is approximately 2,847 MWh, enough electricity to supply 678 households of four people for one year. Samsung Electronics uses this power throughout the campus, including offices, parking lot lighting, heating, ventilation and air conditioning facilities, in-house electric vehicle charging stations, streetlights, and bus stop electronic displays. Heo SP said, "I feel proud when I think that what we are doing now helps improve the environment of the company and the planet a little more."

Samsung Electronics introduces these ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management activities through the 'Tomorrow Also Works Hard' YouTube content. A Samsung Electronics official said, "We are conducting campaigns such as 'employee poster shooting' and 'digital poster exhibitions' within the campus to encourage employees to take an interest in ESG activities," adding, "We also plan to support participation and idea exchange in ESG activities through the 'Tomorrow Also Works Hard' content."

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