Spartan Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 Tim Cook dropped a bit of news in a conversation at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference today: Apple is putting a massive $848 million into solar energy. According to Cook, Apple is putting $848 million into building a 1,300-acre solar farm in Monterey, Calif., in partnership with Arizona-based First Solar. As part of the deal, Apple will get electricity from the farm at a fixed rate for 25 years. The power they’re getting from the farm, says Cook, should be enough to power Apple’s new campus, its existing California offices, and all of its California retail stores. Construction on the solar farm is expected to begin in mid-2015, and it should be finished by the end of 2016. The 2,900-acre California Flats Solar Project occupies 3 percent of a property owned by Hearst Corporation in Cholame, Calif. Construction is expected to begin in mid-2015, and to be completed by the end of 2016. The output of the remaining 150MW of the project will be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric under a separate long-term PPA, and the project is fully subscribed between the Apple and PG&E PPAs. In January, the Monterey County Planning Commission unanimously approved the California Flats Solar Project, sending the project to the Monterey County Board of Supervisors, which will consider final approval of the project today. Building on its proven record of developing, building and operating utility-scale solar power plants, First Solar has placed a strategic focus on directly providing large commercial and industrial customers with wholesale electricity through long-term agreements. This deal marks the first wholesale commercial and industrial PPA executed by First Solar.
Spartan Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Posted February 11, 2015 according to Apple chief Tim Cook, should generate enough electricity to power 60,000 homes. Apple will get a 130-megawatt supply from the solar farm to light up buildings such as its future spaceship-like campus, while the remaining 150 megawatts will go to Pacific Gas & Energy's grid. Reportedly, this is the largest commercial deal to date in the solar industry -- it certainly eclipses many of the other green energy initiatives we've seen in tech, which tend to "only" require tens of megawatts.
DaleSteyn1 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 ippudu eedu current evadi deggara kontunadu ?...apple odu only way concept janala deggara nunchi dabbu gunjadame no spending ane concept pettukunattunadu
Spartan Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Posted February 11, 2015 2900 acres is just 3% of the land owned anta... ent alanda ra ayya...
Spartan Posted February 11, 2015 Author Report Posted February 11, 2015 ippudu eedu current evadi deggara kontunadu ?...apple odu only way concept janala deggara nunchi dabbu gunjadame no spending ane concept pettukunattunadu he is 100% using renewable sources of energy.. https://www.apple.com/environment/
Barney_Stinson Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 this was decided when Jobs was alive
wololo Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 appple vaadu bloom vaadatam ledha ? Nope. Google, Walmart, Ebay et al. rely on them. Apple DCs are primarily solar powered (not 100% though)
aragorn Posted February 11, 2015 Report Posted February 11, 2015 velee vala nee first inno meda concentrate cheyamanu uncle
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