With half of the natural gas mains pipelines on Macau Peninsula in place and to further support the government’s call for a wider adoption of natural gas, MGM announced that MGM MACAU has inked an agreement with Nam Kwong Natural Gas Company Ltd on the natural gas changeover at MGM MACAU.
MGM is committed to aligning our day-to-day operations with green policies of the Macau SAR government, striving to help shape Macau into a greener, low-carbon city.
The overhaul is slated to be completed by 2022, when MGM MACAU will be the first integrated resort on Macau Peninsula to switch to natural gas. Together with MGM COTAI which has been utilising natural gas since its opening, MGM will become the first integrated resort operator to have all its properties fully converted to clean and low-carbon natural gas, fuelling our operations with greener energy and reaching another milestone in sustainable development.
MGM has been adhering to its sustainable development strategies of environment protection and low carbon use through its steadfast green operations as well as energy saving and carbon-reducing endeavours. In order to fully support the Nation’s climate goals of peaking carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, MGM has identified short-term and long-term goals to spearhead the industry’s eco-conscious efforts toward a net-zero carbon economy. Our mid-term and long-term approaches include achieving green transport through fully switching to electric shuttle buses by 2023 and a target of achieving energy saving of 13 percent by the end of 2025 when compared to 2019.
The Natural Gas Changeover project is a high-quality, large-scale sustainability game plan to propel MGM towards a full conversion to natural gas, in a bid to better tackle climate change. The project will result in a reduction of 11 percent of MGM’s annual carbon emissions, which is equivalent to planting 14,000 trees.
The Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA) said in a statement, “The government calls on all walks of life to join forces to help attain carbon neutrality as early as possible. Natural gas is a cleaner, low-carbon energy choice which helps accelerate Macau’s transition into a green and eco-conscious city. Hence, we are pleased to see a large integrated resort operator ramping up the scale of natural gas usage proactively to respond to the government’s green policies, pitching in to shape Macau into a greener city.”
This undated handout photo provided by MGM shows the exterior of MGM COTAI.
