据能源全球8月10日消息称，沃达丰最近宣布，到2021年7月，其欧洲网络将100%使用可再生能源，这比原计划提前了4年。此举将影响欧洲的11个市场，意味着该公司的电力将完全来自风能、太阳能或水力发电。
这家电信巨头最初承诺在2025年前建成“绿色千兆网络”，并承诺到2030年帮助其商业客户减少3.5亿吨的碳排放。
沃达丰集团首席执行官尼克·雷德（Nick Read）表示：“沃达丰比以往任何时候都更需要与世界各地的数百万人建立联系。随着社会的重建和从COVID-19危机中恢复，我们有机会可持续地重塑我们的未来，以确保复苏不会以破坏环境为代价。
“我们加速在欧洲电网上使用100%可再生电力，这将改变我们为技术提供动力的方式–减少我们对化石燃料的依赖，帮助我们的客户更有效地管理他们的资源，减少他们的碳排放，同时帮助创造一个更健康的地球。”
去年，这家全球电信公司承诺购买所有可再生能源发电，到2025年将其对环境的影响减半，并对全部网络废物进行再利用、转售或回收。
曹海斌 摘译自 能源全球
原文如下：
Vodafone to run European network on 100% renewable electricity
Vodafone recently announced that it will be running its European network on 100% renewable electricity by July 2021 – four years earlier than planned. The move, which will affect 11 markets across Europe, means that the company’s power will come solely from wind, solar or hydro sources.
The telecoms giant, which had originally pledged to have a ‘Green Gigabit Net’ by 2025, has also committed to helping its business customers reduce their carbon emissions by 350 million t by 2030.
Nick Read, Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Group, said: “More than ever, Vodafone is relied upon to connect millions of people around the world. As society rebuilds and recovers from the COVID-19 crisis, we have an opportunity to reshape our future sustainably to ensure that recovery does not come at a cost to the environment.
“Our accelerated shift to 100% renewable electricity on our European networks will change the way we power our technology for good – reducing our reliance on fossil fuels, helping our customers manage their resources more effectively and reduce their carbon emissions, while helping to create a healthier planet for everyone.”
Last year, the global telecoms company committed to purchasing all electricity from renewable sources and halving its environmental footprint by 2025, as well as reusing, reselling or recycling 100% of its network waste.
