Kia Accelerates RE100 Drive by Expanding Renewable Energy Power Supply
Jul 15, 2025
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Kia announced that it has recently introduced renewable energy power to Autoland Hwaseong for the first time among Kia's domestic operations through the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southeast Korea Power in February.
Renewable energy PPA is a method in which companies purchase and use renewable energy at a fixed price for a certain period of time, and has the advantage of being able to procure power stably over a long period of time.
Kia will receive about 1,215 MWh of renewable energy electricity produced by Korea Southeast Power Co. annually, enough to buffer more than 20,000 EV4 standard models equipped with 58.3 kWh batteries.
Kia is actively promoting the expansion of the use of renewable energy and the construction of its own power generation facilities at home and abroad, aiming to achieve RE100 by 2040 to respond to climate change and realize carbon neutrality.
Kia plans to continue to expand the supply of renewable energy power through PPA to three domestic autolands in the second half of this year, increasing the total supply to about 61 GWh per year.
In addition to domestic and Chinese operations that are already receiving renewable energy power through PPA, it will also procure power through PPA at U.S. and Indian operations in the future.
Furthermore, Kia plans to install a total of 38MW of solar power generation facilities at its domestic, US, India, Mexico and Slovakia operations this year to operate solar power at all production bases, and plans to expand the facility to 62MW by 2027.
The transition to renewable energy is an essential task to respond to the global climate crisis, said Lee Deok-hyun, head of Kia's sustainable management office. "In the future, Kia will continue to expand its own power generation facilities in the workplace and promote new renewable energy supply through PPA to practice carbon neutrality."
In order to realize its vision as a 'sustainable mobility solution provider' and achieve carbon neutrality, Kia is carrying out a variety of activities, including ▲ electrification transition ▲ expansion of the application of recycled plastic in vehicles ▲ carbon reduction education/support for partner companies.
Editor Song Moon-cheol mc.song@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
