Lead Intelligent Equipment(hereafter referred to as LEAD), a global leader in new energy smart manufacturing solutions, has announced that its 3.9MW distributed rooftop photovoltaic (PV) project has successfully connected to the grid. This milestone represents a key step in implementing LEAD’s ESG strategy of “driving global green energy transition through smart manufacturing.”
For years, LEAD has pursued a “green manufacturing to generate green” approach, leveraging energy-saving operations and clean energy adoption to advance zero-carbon factories. Beyond its own operations, the company actively supports upstream and downstream partners across the supply chain, promoting energy efficiency and carbon reduction throughout the new energy industry to contribute to a sustainable future.
Deepening Green Operations: Setting a Benchmark for Zero-Carbon Factories
The 3.9MW project covers parts of LEAD’s Wuxi first and third production bases, including some plant buildings and EV parking facilities. All installations are now fully operational, with an expected annual output exceeding 3.75 million kWh. The PV-generated electricity will be fully self-consumed on-site, reducing approximately 460 tons of standard coal and over 2,000 tons of CO₂ equivalent emissions annually.
By the end of 2026, LEAD plans to expand its total rooftop PV capacity at domestic production sites beyond 20MW, covering 100% of usable rooftop area, with an estimated annual output of 20 million kWh. The project design carefully considered climate conditions and PV efficiency, optimizing module layout and selecting high-efficiency panels to ensure peak performance under all weather conditions, demonstrating both technical expertise and meticulous planning.
This grid-connected PV project exemplifies LEAD’s commitment to green operations. Since its founding, LEAD has consistently promoted energy-saving and carbon-reduction measures in its operations. In 2024, the company’s digital energy management platform saved 1.68 million kWh of electricity, while optimized packaging structures reduced carbon emissions by approximately 705,900 tons cumulatively. In 2025, LEAD established the first ISO 14068-certified “carbon-neutral factory” in China’s new energy equipment industry, providing a concrete pathway for low-carbon transformation and setting a new benchmark for sustainable operations.
Partnering Across the Industry to Amplify Green Value Chains
Beyond reducing energy consumption and emissions in its own operations, Lead Intelligent Equipment (hereafter referred to as LEAD) is committed to leveraging smart manufacturing to drive global energy transition. The company embeds green principles deeply into product development and global collaborations, extending low-carbon practices throughout the value chain. Through green product innovation and supply chain collaboration, LEAD magnifies carbon reduction effects across upstream and downstream partners.
LEAD consistently designs with “high efficiency and energy saving” in mind, using advanced technologies to help customers significantly cut production energy use and carbon emissions. For example, its third-generation dry-film coating and composite machine reduces energy consumption by 38% compared to traditional wet electrode manufacturing. Its AI-powered battery cell capacity prediction technology, using high-precision modeling, saves 50% of capacity equipment and reduces energy consumption by 60% compared with conventional full-charge/discharge methods. Over the equipment lifecycle, this technology can cut more than 1,000 tons of CO₂ emissions for a single machine, and over 50,000 tons for a production line.
LEAD also actively measures the carbon footprint of core products. Its integrated cell cutting and stacking machines and dual-layer coating machines have obtained ISO 14067 product carbon footprint certification. This provides customers with accurate, reliable carbon data, supporting precise traceability and management across the value chain, and advancing green, low-carbon industry development.
In parallel, LEAD is steadily building a low-carbon supply chain framework. The company has established supplier carbon-entry and preference mechanisms and implements green procurement strategies. It empowers upstream suppliers to optimize processes and improve energy efficiency, jointly reducing emissions across the full chain. Supplier management and risk oversight are continuously enhanced to support sustainable business operations and drive comprehensive green, low-carbon transformation throughout the industry.
LEAD recognizes that climate change is a global challenge and that sustainable development is both a corporate imperative and a historical mission. Looking ahead, the company will continue deepening green, low-carbon transformation across the entire value chain, strengthen ESG initiatives, and foster a green ecosystem—contributing its leading expertise and solutions to global energy transition and the achievement of “dual-carbon” goals.
