Apple Now Globally Powered by 100 percent Renewable Energy

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) as part of its commitments to combat climate change announced its global facilities are powered with 100 per cent clean energy. Apple said that the retail stores, offices, data centres and co-located facilities in 43 countries are part of this change.

As quoted in the press release:

“We’re committed to leaving the world better than we found it. After years of hard work we’re proud to have reached this significant milestone,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re going to keep pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the materials in our products, the way we recycle them, our facilities and our work with suppliers to establish new creative and forward looking sources of renewable energy because we know the future depends on it.”

Apple currently has 25 operational renewable energy projects around the world, totalling 626 megawatts of generation capacity, with 286 megawatts of solar PV generation coming online in 2017, its most ever in one year. It also has 15 more projects in construction.

Since 2014, all of Apple’s data centres have been powered by 100 percent renewable energy. And since 2011, all of Apple’s renewable energy projects have reduced greenhouse gas emissions (CO2e) by 54 percent from its facilities worldwide and prevented nearly 2.1 million metric tons of CO2e from entering the atmosphere.

Click here for the full text release.