The electric carbon meter may be the first term you've heard of, but it's playing an increasingly important role in our lives. So, what exactly is an electric carbon meter? The carbon meter is a new type of metering tool that is designed to help us better understand and control carbon emissions from electricity use. It works by dynamically calculating and updating the electricity carbon factor, which is the average carbon emissions per kilowatt-hour of electricity, based on the metering data of the actual power system. This value is updated in real time and provides a true picture of the carbon emissions from electricity use.
The "electric carbon meter" has both electric metering and carbon metering functions, which can realize the real-time and accurate measurement of carbon emissions in the whole link of "production-transmission-consumption" of electricity, so that carbon emissions can be easily recorded like electric energy.
The emergence of electric carbon meters is of great significance to enterprises. It can calculate and give the carbon emissions caused by the company's electricity consumption in real time, so that the enterprise can understand and grasp the data more intuitively. With this data, companies can optimize production and electricity consumption arrangements according to carbon emissions and develop a greener and low-carbon production model.
In 2022, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power will take the lead in developing an "electric carbon meter" with both electricity metering and carbon metering functions.
In July 2023, Jiangsu's first "electricity carbon meter" project based on the State Grid intelligent IoT meter architecture was piloted in Suzhou, which can realize real-time and accurate measurement of carbon emissions in the whole link of electricity "production-transmission-consumption", making carbon emissions as easy to record as electricity.
The appearance of the electric carbon meter is similar to that of a regular three-phase electric energy meter, but it not only has the function of electric energy metering, but also can monitor and calculate carbon emissions in real time. At present, electric carbon meters include gateway electric carbon meters, three-phase electric carbon meters, single-phase electric carbon meters and other types, which can adapt to different electric energy metering scenarios. The "electric carbon meter" can be installed and applied in power plants, transmission grids and power consumption sides to help formulate more scientific emission reduction and carbon reduction measures.
In Dongguan, Guangdong, a professional printed circuit board manufacturer has become one of the first enterprises to settle in an electric carbon meter. The company's products are sold in China, Europe and the United States, and in recent years, it has begun to work on greenhouse gas emissions. According to its Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, indirect emissions from electricity use account for nearly a quarter of its total greenhouse gas emissions.
For the calculation of electricity carbon emission data, if there is no electricity carbon meter, enterprises can only calculate it based on the data such as the electricity carbon factor published by the relevant official agencies. The carbon emission results of this method do not truly match the carbon emissions of the company's electricity consumption. Through the real-time reading of the electricity carbon meter, enterprises can grasp their own electricity carbon emissions in real time, providing a basis for enterprises to formulate a more green and low-carbon production model. Overall, the electricity carbon meter is a very important tool to help us better understand and control the carbon emissions from electricity use. Its emergence not only provides enterprises with more accurate carbon emission data, but also provides a basis for enterprises to optimize production and electricity consumption arrangements and formulate a greener and low-carbon production model. In the future, with the continuous progress of technology and the expansion of the scope of application, electric carbon meters will play a more important role in our lives.
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