Consumer electronics firm Samsung to generate 100% of power consumed in factories, offices, and operational facilities in U.S., Europe, and China from renewables by 2020

Briefing

June 18, 2018

Briefing	2020 Renewable Energy Goal – Samsung announced its factories, offices, and operational facilities in U.S., Europe, and China will be 100% powered by renewable energy by 2020 New Installments – Will install 42,000 square meters of solar panels at Samsung Digital City headquarters in Suwon, Korea, and 21,000 square meters of solar and geothermal power facilities at Pyeongtaek campus in 2019 and Hwaseong campus in 2020 Incremental Energy Equivalent – Increase in renewable energy use equivalent to amount of power generated by 3.1 GW solar power plant by 2020, or annual energy consumption of 115,000 Korean households Supply Chain Cleanup – Plans to partner with top 100 partner companies in setting renewable energy targets
Accelerator	Clean Energy Generation, Distribution and Management, Climate Change and Environment
Sector	Consumer Durables, Information Technology
Organization	Samsung
Source	"Samsung Electronics to expand use of renewable energy," Samsung, http://www.samsung.com/; Martin, A., "Samsung plans to hit 100% renewable energy by 2020", Alphr, http://www.alphr.com/; Price, E., "Samsung plans to use 100% renewable energy by 2020", Fortune, http://fortune.com/; AcceleratingBiz analysis
Original Publication Date	June 14, 2018

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