DUBAI, UAE, Dec. 15,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 10, 2023 (Beijing Time), Zhai Yubo,
General Manager of NaaS Technology Carbon-Neutrality Business, at
"Digital Industry and AI from Perspective of Low Carbon", a "China
Pavilion" session during the 28th Conference of the
Parties (COP28) under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),
delivered a speech on Managing Watts with Bits--Carbon Emissions
Reduction Program in New Energy Transformation, outlining how
NaaS (NASDAQ: NAAS), the first U.S. listed EV charging service
company in China, drives transport
energy transformation with cuts in carbon emissions through digital
innovation-driven practice, under the global trend of electricity
taking over from oil.
Co-organized by Alibaba Group and NaaS, the occasion was graced
by presence of Xu Qinghua, Head of National Center for Climate
Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), Erik Solheim, Co-Chairman of Europe-Asia Center
& President of BRI International Green Development Coalition
(BRIGC), and Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director-General of
European Commission's Group of Chief Scientific Advisors who
addressed. Keynote speakers, including Massamba Thioye, Project Executive of UN Climate
Change Global Innovation Hub / UNFCCC Secretariat & Member of
Advisory Board of European Green Digital Coalition, Wan Canghai, VP
for the Middle East at Alibaba
Cloud Intelligence Group, Miao Chunyan, President of Alibaba-NTU
Singapore Joint Research Institute (JRI), Qi Yuan, President of
Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Incubation (AI³) Institute
of Fudan University, etc., shared and discussed creative practices
in powering carbon emissions reduction by digitization and AI.
Mr. Zhai defined transport as one of contributors to carbon
emissions. In 2022, global carbon emissions from transport sector
totaled 8.4 billion tons, roughly representing 24% of the world's
total carbon emissions; and China's transport-related carbon emissions
(1.258 billion tons+) accounted for 10.4% of China's total carbon emissions. Research
findings reveal that in relation to other realms disturbed by
difficulty in deep decarburization and prohibitive cost of carbon
mitigation, cuts in carbon emissions from transport energy have
greater room for improvement. By 2050, China will have 80% of transport going
electric, an exponential growth from 3.9%. In other words, slashing
carbon emissions in transport sector, which of paramount
importance, is an unstoppable trend.
BloombergNEF (BNEF) projects that by 2040, there will be 1.1
billion EVs; and by 2050, all vehicles on the road will be
zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). NewLink Research Institute says, by
2050, China's number of ICE
vehicles will peak at 327 million and number of EVs will exceed 50
million, representing 15% of the total; by 2030, China will have more than 140 million EVs,
indicating demand for 26 million public charging piles
nationwide.
Mr. Zhai ascribed the formidable challenge facing new energy
development to three factors: "Source"--at supply side, renewable
energy, in an intermittent, unstable and seasonal nature, makes an
impact on stable grid operation; "Grid"--at operation side, surge
of electricity leads to mounting pressure on grid operation and
necessitates demand for grid regulation; "Charge"--at demand side,
anxiety of charging and energy supply, as one of barriers in EV
development, requires a more sound charging service network and
higher percentage of high-power charging infrastructure, alongside
solutions to eradicate range anxiety of EVs constrained by battery
performance and capacity.
In a typical scenario of oil-power switch, NaaS, an affiliate of
NewLink and the first U.S. listed EV charging service company in
China, has done its practice in
digitization of new energy development in transport sector and
provided one-stop energy solutions across new energy industry
chain, for reference for global energy transformation. NaaS is
structured around three businesses: first, Charging Services, it
bridges the gap of charging station operators, EV manufacturers and
end users; second, Energy Solutions, including site selection,
procurement of charging equipment, EPC, integrated
PV-storage-charging, and non-charging service facility; third,
Innovations, encompassing self-developed charging robot and sale of
electricity.
With digital technology and AI technology at the core, NaaS
creates an "energy brain" for the future Internet of transport
energy. Using cutting-edge technologies of sensing, perception,
forecast, decision-making, foundation model, and trusted artificial
intelligence, it builds up life-cycle digital service capabilities
of smart construction and investment, smart O&M, smart
dispatching, smart operation, and distributed energy transaction in
transport energy system. On the ground of the energy brain, NaaS
comes up with a slew of software/hardware products and digital
operation solutions specially designed for global market, with a
view to making the global transport energy system smarter and
steadier with lower carbon emission but higher efficiency.
For OEMs, NaaS devises a whole package of smart cockpit energy
supply solutions based on the pool of transport-related big data
analysis, real-time exchange of energy supply information and
intelligent driving, and in consequence, users are engaged in smart
mobility as soon as they get aboard; for charging stations, NaaS
makes charging stations operators have a clear, visual and
efficient glimpse of operations at high level via SaaS operation
system. Lately, NaaS announced the launch of self-developed
integrated energy storage management program, composed of AIPack
liquid-cooled energy storage system for industrial/commercial use,
energy management system and energy storage cloud platform. It
entails energy storage products and services featuring utmost
safety, high integration, efficiency and stability, and smart
management, which are specially designed for industrial and
commercial users.
In response to EV charging service demand in the future era of
autonomous driving, NaaS has developed charging robot. Empowered by
deep learning, V2X, 3D vision and other technologies, as well as
LiDAR, ultrasonic sensor and other environment sensing devices, the
charging robot enables independent route planning, vehicle control,
and automated obstacle avoidance. As a complement to fixed charging
pile, it engages vehicle owners in better charging and energy
supply experience. Recently, the charging robot has been put into
commercial demonstration operation at Anji, Zhejiang.
Since earlier this year, NaaS has taken a hand in a host of new
energy projects. According to Mr. Zhai, NaaS won the bid for the
Anji Integrated PV-Storage-Charging-Swapping Project located at
Anshan Station in Anji. Integrating "PV, energy storage, charging
and discharging", the project houses 430 charging spaces, 458
chargers and 2 heavy truck charging stations, intending for local
charging and battery swapping for 1,800 heavy trucks and compact
EVs; the project is expected to annually generate 4.328 million kWh
of green electricity and slash 3,580.5 tons of carbon emissions.
NewLink, in collaboration with Anhui Province Energy Co., Ltd.
(Wenergy), has unveiled NEWLINKS, which is specially designed to
meet daily energy supply demand of 2,000 ICE vehicles, 80 hydrogen
buses and 576 vehicles in need of charging and 300 vehicles in need
of battery swapping. Compared with conventional gas stations, the
project curtails roughly 16,647 tons of carbon dioxide annually,
equivalent to about 6,658 tons of standard coal and CO2 emissions
of 7,230 ICE vehicles a year.
As "connector" in the new energy industry, NaaS links and serves
thousands of charging station operators, leading new energy OEMs
and map service providers, and builds a new ecosystem with industry
partners. In this June, NaaS became China's first new energy charging service
provider joining "Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)" with
ambitious targets; in September, assigned by Sustainable Fitch the
highest ESG entity score in China
and ranked second in Asia and
fifth worldwide, among the total 87 enterprises evaluated globally
from six industries; in October, initiated into United Nations
Global Compact (UNGC), with pledged support to Ten Principles of
the UNGC. In addition, NaaS got listed in WilderHill Clean
Energy Index (ECO). Up to Q3 2023, the index had 6 Chinese firms
listed, including NIO and XPeng.
Allegedly, in the first half of the year, NaaS
chopped 1.463 million tons of carbon emissions, up 109% from a year
earlier; in 2022, purchased 393 million kWh of electricity
generated by clean source, representing 89.52% of the total. NaaS
is proactive in promoting inclusive carbon innovation mechanism
and, in collaboration with strategic partner Kuaidian, inspiring
users to use carbon account, get carbon credits and engage in
carbon emissions reduction. By the end of 2022, the service
garnered 463,000 EV users. Serving to "Empower the World with Green
Energy", NaaS, Mr. Zhai said, plans to cut China's transport-related carbon emissions by
10% or 1% of national carbon emissions.
By all accounts, NaaS, during COP28, also participated in a whole bunch of
parallel sessions, and showcased a broad spectrum of innovative
products and industry solutions in its own booth, including
self-developed charging robot, NaaS AC Wallbox certified by TÜV
Rheinland, high-power supercharger, integrated PV-storage-charging
solution, etc.. The company also shared its green and low-carbon
practices at the dialog under the theme of "Sustainable Development
Strategy of Enterprises Oriented in Carbon Neutrality" and
COP28 side event of Synergy
Co-control of Pollution and Emissions Reduction.
Media Contact:
Sabrina Wang
wangxuedong@newlink.com
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