Hanwha Sustainability

29/04/2026

Nature doesn’t waste. 🍃

Leaves fall, decompose, and nourish new growth. Water evaporates, forms clouds, and returns as rain.

As solar energy expands worldwide, applying nature’s principles to energy systems is becoming increasingly important. While most of today’s solar modules were not originally designed for recycling, the industry is advancing circular practices — from responsible sourcing to improved recycling and resource recovery at end of life. ⚡

A truly renewable future isn’t just about generating clean power — it’s about sustaining it. 🔋🌍

▶️ Watch how we’re shaping a circular solar economy: https://bit.ly/4ddKuME

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27/04/2026

🔋 Energy efficiency is setting sail.

Maritime energy storage systems (ESS) help vessels balance power, store excess energy, and deliver it when needed — improving efficiency across every journey. 🚢

By optimizing how energy is used onboard, these systems support more sustainable operations and advance decarbonization, enabling lower-emission shipping. 🌍

🔗 Explore how ESS are transforming the future of maritime industry: https://bit.ly/48sW83M

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24/04/2026

🌍 For over a decade, Hanwha has helped restore degraded land, improve air quality, and support biodiversity across multiple regions through tree-planting initiatives.

This long-standing dedication to a more sustainable future continues today. One recent example is Qcells employees in Georgia partnering with Berry College staff to reforest their campus. Small actions like this can create greener spaces, strengthen local ecosystems, and drive meaningful change.

Hanwha’s efforts also extend globally through collaboration. As a member of the Forest Future Alliance — formerly the World Economic Forum’s Trillion Trees Platform — Hanwha is contributing to a shared ambition to conserve and grow forests around the world.

Planting trees is more than an environmental gesture. It supports biodiversity, captures carbon, and helps build healthier, more resilient communities.

As the world celebrates Earth Day this week, Hanwha reaffirms its commitment to supporting global efforts to reach net zero by 2050 — one tree at a time. 🌱

🔗 Discover more: https://bit.ly/4mKyFRj

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21/04/2026

The growth of solar energy brings new responsibility ☀️ : ensuring that solar panels are managed sustainably at the end of their lifecycle ♻️. Recycling solar panels reduces waste, recovers critical materials, and supports a circular economy for renewable energy 🌱.

Earth Day is a reminder that resource efficiency matters. At Hanwha, we're extending the value of solar materials to build a more sustainable energy system ⚡.

Read more about how Hanwha is closing the loop with solar panel recycling 🔄 : https://bit.ly/3Q3mRO1

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24/03/2026

🔌 AI is changing how energy systems think, adapt, and respond. But how secure are they?

As data centers scale to meet rising digital demand, managing power safely and reliably is becoming more complex.

Qcells has become the first company certified under a new safety framework from UL Solutions for AI-powered energy management systems in data centers.

This certification defines how AI can safely manage critical power infrastructure — from battery storage to distributed energy resources — in high-demand environments.

As AI scales, building trusted, reliable energy systems will be key to supporting sustainable data center operations. 🌍🔌

🔗 Explore what this development means for the future of energy systems: https://bit.ly/3NpW4dP

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A component of the company's data center EMS has become the first to achieve UL 3115 certification, an industry-first AI safety benchmark from UL Solutions.

23/03/2026

🌍✨ From forests to water to the resources that sustain our lives, March highlights the foundations of a more sustainable world. ✨🌍

Across the globe, this month draws attention to key environmental priorities — from recycling and biodiversity to meteorological science. Natural systems are interwoven — each influencing and sustaining the other in ways that shape our shared environment.

Each observance reinforces how resilient ecosystems, responsible resource management, and reliable infrastructure support thriving communities and industries worldwide.

At Hanwha, we are working across energy, materials, and infrastructure to support more sustainable systems. 💡

This month is an opportunity to reflect on these connections and the progress being made toward a more resilient world. 🌱

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20/03/2026

The global energy landscape is evolving rapidly. ⚡️

At CERAWeek 2026, the theme of "Convergence and Competition" highlights a broad range of energy solutions, with AI emerging as a critical enabler. It serves as a connective layer linking large-scale power infrastructure, LNG, and emissions-reduction technologies into more integrated systems.

By helping manage rising energy demand and improve operational efficiency, intelligent software supports a more resilient, next-generation energy infrastructure. 🔋💡

👉 Discover how Hanwha integrates AI into the core of its energy systems: https://bit.ly/4rIOYz4

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11/03/2026

Can AI help predict deforestation before it happens? 🌍

Forests play a vital role in maintaining ecological balance — but monitoring large and remote landscapes can be difficult.

Artificial intelligence and satellite imagery are helping researchers better track land-use change. By analyzing large volumes of satellite data, AI can detect early signals of deforestation risk and support efforts to protect forests. 🤖🌳

As technology evolves, combining AI, satellite monitoring, and environmental expertise is opening new possibilities for protecting natural ecosystems and supporting long-term sustainability efforts.

👉 Explore how AI's predictive power is helping efforts to prevent deforestation in this Reuters article: https://bit.ly/4lnD24g

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In the past decade, cloud-scale analytics tools have transformed the digital fight against deforestation. Instead of manual reviews of satellite images taking multiple months, land-use change can today be monitored in near-real time.

23/02/2026

⚡ Energy that’s ready when you need it. ⚡

Power systems are evolving — more renewables, greater electrification, and rising digital demand. Ensuring stability requires more than generation alone. 🔋

Energy storage systems (ESS) strengthen grid resilience and balance clean energy supply.

Hanwha is scaling advanced energy storage solutions to deliver reliable, efficient power at scale. 🌍

💡 How important do you think storage will be to the future of power?

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13/02/2026

Can AI help tackle climate and environmental challenges — without growing its own footprint? 🤖

AI is already being used to map emissions, identify patterns, and improve predictions that help people and organizations make smarter, planet-friendly decisions. ⚙️

As AI drives progress, it’s also driving demand. Building and cooling data centers requires large amounts of energy and water. Producing the microchips that power AI depends on critical minerals and rare earth elements. As the number of data centers grows, the environmental costs of powering AI are expected to keep rising. ↗️

🌍 The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recommends standardized procedures to measure AI’s environmental impact, stronger disclosure requirements, improved efficiency, and the use of renewable energy to power data centers. ⚡

👉 Read more to see what UNEP recommends and how AI could shape a more sustainable future: https://bit.ly/4qv0nlm

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The sprawling data centres that house AI servers churn out toxic electronic waste and are voracious consumers of electricity, which in most places is still produced from fossil fuels.

10/02/2026

What if solar panels powering our homes could also restore degraded land, support biodiversity, and even boost agricultural yields? ☀️

Global solar PV has grown more than eightfold in under a decade, becoming the fastest-growing renewable. Now, the focus is on building solar better — not just faster. 🌍

🔍 A new report from IRENA shows how nature-positive solar projects support a better balance between clean energy and local ecosystems, highlighting several key approaches:
∙ Supporting agriculture: Agrivoltaics can contribute to crop-friendly microclimates while retaining soil moisture.
∙ Eco-friendly grazing: Partnering with local farmers, solar sites use sheep to manage vegetation — cutting machinery use and improving soil health.
∙ Restoring land: In arid regions, solar PV can help rehabilitate abandoned mines and brownfields by protecting soil and supporting vegetation recovery.
∙ Conserving water: Floating solar can reduce evaporation and surface temperatures, improve water quality, and support healthier aquatic ecosystems.

Through these findings, we see that the next chapter of the energy transition isn’t only about decarbonization. It’s about finding solutions that strengthen energy security, work with nature, and deliver lasting value for local communities. 🌱

🔗 Read the full report to learn more about solar’s growing role beyond electricity, including its environmental and land-use benefits: https://bit.ly/3ZUg6zw

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This report addresses the benefits of large-scale solar photovoltaic plants for the local environment and biodiversity, and recommends actions to mitigate potential negative impacts.