{"id":15919,"date":"2025-06-17T15:23:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T14:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/?post_type=gsma_theme_study&#038;p=15919"},"modified":"2026-01-22T08:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:25:22","slug":"zte-increasing-clean-energy-in-manufacturing-and-products","status":"publish","type":"gsma_theme_study","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/gsma_study\/zte-increasing-clean-energy-in-manufacturing-and-products\/","title":{"rendered":"ZTE \u2013 Increasing clean energy in manufacturing and products"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The wave of ICT technological advancements, represented by 5G and intelligent computing, is driving the evolution of greater data transmission capacity and faster computational power. However, the research, development, and manufacturing of ZTE&#8217;s products have led to a rapid increase in power consumption. To address this, expanding the use and integration of renewable energy is essential to achieving the goal of 80% renewable energy consumption by 2040\u2014an indispensable step toward energy conservation and carbon reduction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent years, ZTE has actively increased the share of clean energy in its campus operations through photovoltaic (PV) power generation and green power purchases. The company has planned and built self-sustaining PV power stations at its production bases in Shenzhen, Heyuan, Nanjing, Xi\u2019an, and Changsha. By the end of 2024, ZTE&#8217;s cumulative PV installed capacity reached 37.6 MW, marking a 12-fold increase over the past two years. Additionally, in 2024, ZTE successfully established a streamlined process for green electricity procurement and completed its first purchase of 5.33 million kWh in green power certificates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through energy-saving innovations and large-scale implementation, ZTE is extending its proven solutions across various industries, contributing to the development of a low-carbon society. The company focuses on energy efficiency in the highest-consuming ICT sectors\u2014wireless sites and data centres\u2014by constructing highly efficient green networks. Meanwhile, it provides renewable energy power solutions, such as the sPV all-scenario overlay solution (see Figure 1), which increases solar power generation by over 20%. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"240\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE-Scope-3-Figure-1.png\" alt=\"Diagram of a solar power system: two PV arrays connect to a power unit (PL1600) with breakers, then to a service\/monitoring system (laptops), battery cabinets (CABINET1, CABINET2), and an output breaker; paths are labeled, with GND and blocking diode shown.\" class=\"wp-image-15920\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>As of 2024, ZTE has deployed more than 400 MW of solar power generation capacity globally, saving over 447 million kWh of electricity and 320,946 tCO2e of carbon emissions annually. Furthermore, in collaboration with Telef\u00f3nica O2 in Germany, ZTE has commercially deployed the Solar+RMFC hybrid zero-carbon site solution in Kirchdorf, integrating solar PV, methanol-to-hydrogen fuel cells, and lithium battery storage technologies (see Figure 2).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE-Scope-3-Figure-2.png\" alt=\"A rural landscape with a cell tower, solar panels labeled &quot;Solar,&quot; a wind turbine, a white equipment unit labeled &quot;RMFC,&quot; and gray cabinets labeled &quot;Lithium battery.&quot; The scene is cloudy, with fields, trees, and distant houses visible.\" class=\"wp-image-15921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE-Scope-3-Figure-2.png 438w, https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE-Scope-3-Figure-2-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zte.com.cn\/global\/solutions_latest\/smart_energy\/renewable-energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZTE has actively increased the share of clean energy and is extending its proven solutions across various industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":15924,"template":"","meta":{"image":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE-Scope-3-Figure-2-header.png","json":{"gsma_study_logo":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/connectivity-for-good\/external-affairs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ZTE_200x200.jpg","gsma_study_category":"3621","gsma_study_member":"0","gsma_study_website":"","gsma_study_email":"","gsma_study_twitter":"","gsma_study_facebook":"","gsma_study_linkedin":"","gsma_study_country":"","gsma_study_bg":false,"gsma_study_video":"","gsma_study_sdg":"","gsma_study_hfi":null,"gsma_study_orgs":""},"cats":{"circularity-region":[{"term_id":3553,"name":"Greater China","slug":"circularity-region-greater-china","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3553,"taxonomy":"casestudy_categories","description":"","parent":3550,"count":14,"filter":"raw"}],"circularity":[{"term_id":3550,"name":"Region","slug":"circularity-region","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3550,"taxonomy":"casestudy_categories","description":"","parent":3533,"count":43,"filter":"raw"}],"circularity-topic":[{"term_id":3621,"name":"Renewable energy","slug":"renewable-energy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3621,"taxonomy":"casestudy_categories","description":"","parent":3542,"count":15,"filter":"raw"}]},"orgs":[]},"tags":[],"casestudy_categories":[3469,3553,3550,3621],"algolia_discover_type":[3511],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.5) - 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