RenewableEnergyWorld.com, Apple Widens Its Solar Energy Footprint

Apple recently announced that they will be building a new solar installation in Maiden, North Carolina, bringing the company closer to their goal of being completely powered by renewable energy. The solar project is scheduled to be completed in 2020 and has helped Apple become the company that Greenpeace says is making the most strides towards the use and advocacy of renewable energy, internal conservation and improvement in transparency.

• In 2011 Greenpeace gave Apple a “D” ranking in their “How Green is Your Cloud” report, prompting Apple to announce that it would power the company with 100% renewable energy.
• Apple now powers all of its data centers with renewable energy and 94% of all its operations are powered this way when the numbers include corporate campuses.
• The Maiden, NC project is a 17.5-MW project, estimated to cost $55 million.
• In 2012/2013 Apple finished two 20-MW solar farm projects and they are in the process of building an 18-20-MW CPV plant at their Reno, Nevada data plant.

Article Link: Renewable Energy World.Com