BOSTON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Schneider Electric,
global leader in the digital transformation of energy management
and automation, the Enel Group, multinational power company and
leading integrated player in the global power, gas and renewables
markets, and the World Economic Forum (WEF), the International
Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, have published the
first deliverable of the "Net Zero Carbon Cities - Systemic
Efficiency Initiative"; a global framework setting the vision to
accelerate the decarbonization and resiliency efforts in cities
around the world.
Entitled "Net-Zero Carbon Cities: An Integrated Approach", and
developed in collaboration with the WEF, the report outlines the
need and benefit deriving from an integrated energy approach in
planning and managing buildings, mobility, leveraging on a
digitalized and intelligent grid infrastructure in an urban
context.
Cities today account for nearly 70% of global carbon emissions
and consume 78% of the planet's energy, making such an approach
critical to reaching the goal of limiting the rise in global
temperatures to 1.5⁰C above pre-industrial levels.
"The COVID-19 crisis has reinforced the importance of global
partnerships as we strive to make our cities and societies more
sustainable, inclusive and resilient," said Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman and CEO of
Schneider Electric. "Curbing emissions from the world's cities
requires urgent action, and it is an ambition that will need
alignment of all stakeholders, both public and private actors,
companies and citizens. This report outlines the ways in which
systemic efficiency can be realistically and practically achieved,
and how each of us can play a part."
"To ensure a successful energy transition, we must work
together, calling on local and national public administrations,
private sector players and civil society to take on the common
agenda of reducing our emissions," said Francesco Starace, CEO and General Manager
of Enel Group. "Electricity has already proved to be the lifeblood
of cities, and this will increasingly be the case as
electrification grows around the world. As a global leader in the
power sector, we want to contribute to the development of a
sustainable urban vision for the future by working with global
partners to integrate electrification, smarter digital technology
as well as efficient buildings and infrastructure."
The report was developed within the WEF's Net Zero Carbon Cities
- Systemic Efficiency Initiative, co-chaired by Mr. Tricoire and
Mr. Starace. Since the initiative's launch a year ago, Schneider
and Enel have been working with the community to accelerate the
transition to net-zero carbon emissions in 100 cities by 2030.
It articulates the need for an integrated approach to improving
energy productivity, electrifying transport, decarbonizing heating
and cooling systems, as well as enabling demand-side flexibility,
in addition to providing concrete recommendations and instructive
experience-sharing around these concepts. Mr. Tricoire and Mr.
Starace are also to illustrate these ideas during the panel for
Building "Net-Zero" Cities, which will be held on Monday January 25th, 10:00-11:00 CET (The Davos Agenda).
The framework paper – as the first deliverable of this
cooperation – is kicking off a list of future deliverables, among
them; toolkits, interactive digital platform and building &
cities metrics to measure the progress of cities towards a green
and sustainable transition. Each deliverable will be the result of
a close collaboration between major cities and several mayoral
networks, as well as high-level representatives from academia,
non-governmental organizations, industry and finance.
The report can be found here.
About Enel
Enel is a multinational power company and a leading
integrated player in the global power, gas, and renewables markets.
It is the largest European utility by ordinary EBITDA, and is
present in over 30 countries worldwide, producing energy with over
87 GW of installed capacity. Enel distributes electricity through a
network of over 2.2 million kilometers, and with more than 74
million business and household end users globally, the Group has
the largest global customer base among its European peers. Enel's
renewables arm Enel Green Power is
the world's largest renewable private player, with over 47 GW of
wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower plants installed in
Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia,
and Oceania. Enel X, Enel's global advanced energy services
business line, is the worldwide demand response leader, with a
total capacity of over 6 GW managed globally; the company has
installed around 116 MW of storage capacity as well as, in the
electric mobility sector, it has made available more than 170,000
public and private EV charging points worldwide.
About Schneider Electric
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energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for
all. We call this Life Is On.
Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability
and Efficiency.
We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading
process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting
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buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.
We are the most local of global companies. We are
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