Apple announced that all of its buildings, including retail stores,ancfactories, data centers and more, are powered only by renewable energy. The Cupertino company currently has facilities in a total of 43 countries around the world, including the United States, Great Britain, China and India. The CEO of the Californian giant said that Apple he is determined to leave a better world than the one he found.
"We are determined to leave a better world than we found it. After years of hard work, we are proud to have reached this significant milestone.” he said CookHe also said that the company will start focusing on the materials used in products. "We will focus on the ways we recycle them and our work with suppliers to create creative and forward-looking sources of renewable energy because we know the future depends on it."
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Aby Apple has achieved its clean energy goals, investing in building renewable energy-producing facilities such as solar panels, wind farms, biogas fuel cells, microhydration generation systems, and other energy storage technologies.
Apple it says it has 25 operational renewable energy projects worldwide, representing 626 megawatts of generating capacity. A further 15 projects are currently under construction and when completed will offer a total of 1,5 gigawatts of renewable energy in 11 countries around the world.
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The fact that the company will use 100% renewable energy has been its long-term goal. In 2014, Apple announced that all its data centers are powered by clean energy. Two years later, it boasted that all its equipment is 96% powered by renewable energy.
In an interview with Fast Company, Vice President of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives Lisa Jackson stated that Apple has been working hard on energy deals in recent months.
Source: MacRumors
