“Since replacing electric logistics vehicles, the most obvious thing is that there is no longer the pungent exhaust smell of fuel vehicles when loading. We replaced all self-operated urban distribution vehicles in Beijing in 2017 It’s new energy vehicles. This batch of vehicles has recently reached the end of the year and has just been replaced by a batch of new models.” For Wang Shuai, head of the first transmission station of JD.com’s “Asia No. 1” Intelligent Industrial Park, electric logistics is used. Cars are nothing new.
33-year-old Wang Shuai happened to have experienced JD.com’s logistics vehicles moving from the era of fuel vehicles to the low-carbon electric era. For him, electric vehicles are not difficult to learn, and there is no problem with exhaust gas. He still has more expectations for more convenient and easy-to-use electric work vehicles.
On January 14, the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference held a remote online consultation meeting on political affairs in Beijing to discuss “accelerating the development of smart logistics.” Previously, the Economic Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference organized a special survey on "Accelerating the Development of Smart Logistics and Promoting the Construction of a Modern Logistics System". The survey provides suggestions on issues such as data service platforms, standard system construction, government supervision, new infrastructure construction, technology applications and talent training.
With the continuous advancement of the "double carbon" goal and the rapid development of my country's express delivery industry, how to "go green" while maintaining growth is a common issue faced by the logistics industry. In the 2021 11.11 Super Battle Report, JD.com released a carbon reduction bill: During 11.11, JD Logistics achieved cumulative carbon reduction through full-link carbon reduction measures such as reduced packaging, new energy vehicle transportation, distributed photovoltaic power generation, and smart equipment applications. 26,000 tons, of which JD Logistics has used recycled packaging 11.35 million times, and new energy vehicles have reduced carbon emissions by up to 15,000 tons.
Adjustment and optimization of transportation structure is one of the main measures that many logistics companies can take to quickly achieve emission reductions at this stage. Transportation emissions account for about 10% of my country's total carbon emissions, and road transportation accounts for more than 80% of the carbon emissions of the entire transportation industry. Therefore, adjustments in logistics and transportation methods are also the country’s main policy measures. The Action Plan for Carbon Peaking before 2030 clearly proposes to accelerate the formation of green and low-carbon transportation methods.
The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Work Plan for Promoting Multimodal Transport Development and Optimizing and Adjusting the Transport Structure (2021-2025)", which puts forward more specific requirements: By 2025, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, long-term The proportion of major coastal ports such as the Triangle Area and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area using port-distributing railways, waterways, enclosed belt corridors, and new energy vehicles to transport bulk cargo will strive to reach 80%.
According to the national transportation work situation in 2021 recently announced by the Ministry of Transport, 46 green freight distribution demonstration cities have added a total of more than 86,000 new energy vehicles for urban logistics distribution.
Duan Yanjian, project leader of JD Logistics Qingliu Plan, told 21st Century Business Herald that JD Logistics has currently deployed about 20,000 new energy vehicles, which can reduce about 400,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year, which is equivalent to The amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 20 million trees each year.
From mainline logistics trucks to terminal express trucks, the large-scale new energy fleet covers a variety of business scenarios for JD Logistics. Today, JD Logistics has replaced all self-operated urban distribution vehicles in Beijing with new energy vehicles. In serving the 2022 "Meet in Beijing" series of winter sports events, JD Logistics will use all electric logistics vehicles in urban distribution and intra-venue logistics services in the competition area. All service vehicles 100 meet the National VI b emission standards and are in trial operation in the Zhangjiakou competition area. Hydrogen energy logistics vehicle.
In addition, a more diversified green operation and distribution model is also one of the future development directions. In 2018, JD Logistics joined forces with 20 leading companies in the new energy industry chain, including OEMs, charging operators, and vehicle operators, to jointly launch the "JD Logistics New Energy Industry Biotechnology Alliance" to promote new energy logistics vehicles. popularize, export better products, models, and standards, and empower the industry and society.
In October 2021, JD Logistics launched the "Qingliu Plan" new five-year initiative, and will work with upstream and downstream partners to promote clean energy vehicles on the road in key cities across the country.
In October last year, JD Logistics announced that it would continue to invest 1 billion yuan in green and low-carbon integrated supply chain ecological construction, and also planned to improve its own carbon efficiency in the next five years35.
In the process of ecological construction of a green and low-carbon integrated supply chain, JD Logistics’ continuous investment in technology has achieved initial results. According to Duan Yanjian, JD Logistics continues to innovate in new material technology and applies packaging slimming technology to multiple logistics packages, such as slimming tapes, low-weight and high-strength cartons, and lightweight plastic bags. By optimizing box types through big data and intelligent algorithms, we launched the intelligent packaging recommendation system "Jingwei" to match the most appropriate carton model according to the size and volume of the contents, which can reduce the empty box rate by more than 15%; apply automated packaging in multiple scenarios technology, through "tailor-made", the average material used per package can be reduced by more than 20%. Linking the upstream and downstream of the supply chain, the industry first proposed the concept of direct-to-original packaging, and introduced e-commerce logistics packaging standards to collaborate with brand merchants to reduce the use of secondary packaging in the logistics chain from the source. Since the implementation of the original packaging action, a cumulative reduction of one-time packaging has been achieved Packaging nearly 10 billion units.
JD Logistics has also launched multiple green alliances with multiple partners, actively participated in the drafting and revision of multiple national/industry green-related standards, and actively used its platform influence to help the green development of the industry.
Whether express packaging or vehicle electrification, they are all part of the emission reduction in the entire logistics chain. According to Zhe Wenming, the person in charge of the smart park innovation department of the JD Logistics Intelligent Supply Chain Platform, the links involved in logistics are relatively long. From the end to end of the supply chain, almost all links will involve carbon reduction, mainly from the three major Let’s start from the aspects of industrial parks, technological innovation and energy structure.
Logistics parks are key units in the process of logistics emission reduction. Beijing’s Dongxi’an “Asia No. 1” Intelligent Industrial Park will take the lead in building the first carbon-neutral demonstration park in my country’s logistics industry. According to the researcher, in the park, the intelligent dispatching of vehicles, as well as the refined control and intelligent decision-making of each operation link in the park, can be realized through the Internet of Things, big data, edge computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies. For example, through 5G private network end-edge-cloud collaboration technology, a large number of algorithms of warehouse robots can be moved to the edge. On the one hand, it can reduce the cost and energy consumption of the robots, and on the other hand, it can also make the robots respond faster and more sensitively.
In addition, digital transfer of property rights is realized through blockchain technology, which simplifies the large-scale and complicated signing process, saving both time and paper. Machine learning algorithms are used to recommend logistics packaging consumables. Compared with manual visual boxing, the same goods can be packaged and transported in smaller cartons with less filler.
Ze Wenming said that consumers can directly perceive faster, more accurate and safer shopping and logistics experiences, and behind this are technological innovations. Moreover, using technology to optimize energy efficiency can not only improve efficiency, but also reduce the company's costs and make distribution fees cheaper.
JD Logistics’ business scope is constantly expanding. According to Wenming, many domestic and foreign brands also need warehousing robots in their own finished product warehouses, as well as integrated fulfillment services with warehousing and distribution. JD Logistics can provide corresponding integrated supply chain services. As global climate action continues to advance, more and more customers and brands have begun to put forward special requirements for green and low-carbon products in the process of conducting business.
The third major aspect of logistics emission reduction and carbon reduction is energy. Zhe Wenming said that in the energy sector, JD.com is first trying to change the energy structure and replace traditional energy with green energy mainly based on wind and solar. Specifically, it means replacing logistics vehicles and installing large-scale rooftop photovoltaics in logistics parks. On the other hand, new energy and intelligent energy management and control equipment can be introduced to achieve refined energy management and control, reduce energy loss and optimize energy efficiency, thereby achieving energy conservation and emission reduction.
The logistics industrial park covers a large area and has a certain amount of electricity consumption. Its relatively flat warehouse and factory floor itself has high-quality basic conditions for building distributed energy. JD.com has abundant and high-quality logistics park rooftop resources in China. Shen Jian, head of the new energy business of JD.com’s Intelligent Industry Development Division, revealed that JD.com is currently focusing on rooftop photovoltaic and energy storage construction in two carbon-neutral parks in Xi’an and Suqian. Among them, Suqian has 3.5 MW of photovoltaic power generation and Xi'an has 9 MW. The energy storage equipment is all small energy storage equipment of 300 kW and 690 kWh.
"As of the end of 2021, Jingdong has built a distributed photovoltaic power generation capacity of approximately 100 megawatts, and the annual power generation can meet the electricity consumption of 50,000 ordinary households for a year. Looking to the future, we plan to The "Asia No. 1" smart industrial park is gradually building rooftop photovoltaic and charging facilities, and some parks will provide energy storage. Overall, we plan to build 1,000 megawatts of photovoltaic power generation capacity in three years, which can provide 85’s Jingdong Intelligent Industrial Park provides green energy. At the same time, through the accumulation of comprehensive energy construction and management experience in our park, we will empower more industry partners in the construction of high-quality rooftop distributed resources in the upstream and downstream chains. and operations," Shen Jian introduced.
Distributed photovoltaics not only require a certain amount of equipment investment, but also have certain requirements for the building's roof angle, load-bearing and other conditions, and it also requires the park to have a certain ability to digest electricity. Generally speaking, in order to achieve "peak shaving and valley filling" on the power consumption side and apply green power to the greatest extent, corresponding energy storage facilities need to be equipped to ensure stable and continuous power supply. This is a considerable capital investment for the enterprise, but Shen Jian said that investing in distributed photovoltaics must be considered not only the "small account" of project operation, but also the "big account" of enterprise development. It is necessary to ensure project investment. To achieve reasonable returns, we must also focus on the trend of digitalization and intelligence in the development of the industry, regard green energy as the core competitiveness of the company in the future, get rid of the traditional extensive development model, and create the necessary infrastructure for high-quality development.
Shen Jian also expressed his expectation to participate in CCER and national carbon market transactions. “If in the future, as industry and commerce are gradually included in the national carbon market, JD.com will also need to fulfill its carbon quota obligations, then the new energy sources that are vigorously developed now may help us complete the emission reduction task, and even if there is still plenty after offsetting, we can still Able to carry out quota transactions.”
According to him, JD.com currently works closely with leading companies in the new energy industry to promote different steps and plans for comprehensive energy utilization in stages. implementation. "We are currently very optimistic about this track, and we are constantly learning from these excellent companies in the process."
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