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Semiconductor Manufacturing on the Way to Net Zero
As chip production increases, so do carbon emissions. European semiconductor companies have made sustainable commitments and set ambitious emission-reduction targets, but will they be sufficient to achieve net zero by 2050?
www.eetimes.com/, May. 31, 2023 –
Infineon CEO Jochen Hanebeck solemnly broke ground on the company's new 300-mm Smart Power Fab in Dresden, the capital city of the German state of Saxony, in early May.
"We are speeding up for the green and digitization transition of Europe and beyond," Hanebeck said in his address at the groundbreaking ceremony. "The demand for semiconductors is growing strongly and persistently in view of the high demand for renewable energies, data centers and electromobility. We are increasing our production capacity significantly and shall produce analog, mixed-signal and power semiconductors."
The urgent need to strengthen sustainability efforts comes at a time when semiconductor production is increasing to meet sustained demand, and advanced chips with greater computing power or storage capacity are required.
In a follow-up discussion at the groundbreaking ceremony, Rutger Wijburg, Infineon COO and member of the management board, told EE Times Europe, "We've set ourselves the target of being carbon neutral by 2030, and if we look ahead to 2025, we're already 70% of the way there." The chipmaker expects to reduce its CO2 emissions by 70% by 2025 compared with 2019.
Wijburg acknowledged that achieving the last 30% will be the most difficult to achieve, but said that "in this new facility, we'll put all the most modern techniques in place in order to recycle energy and water. This will be the most efficient fab."
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