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Title: Apple's massive solar farm could power its entire California operations Post by: HCK on February 11, 2015, 09:00:17 pm Apple's massive solar farm could power its entire California operations
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Apple is investing in a vast solar plant in Northern California that will generate as much electricity as the company uses to power all its operations in the state.</p><p> Apple will invest $850 million in the plant through a partnership with First Solar (http://www.firstsolar.com), CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference (http://www.macworld.com/article/2881911/tim-cook-speaks-apple-watch-apple-pay-and-what-he-really-thinks-of-android.html). It will cover 1,300 acres—equal to about 1,000 football fields—in Monterey County, about an hour south of Apple’s Silicon Valley headquarters.</p><p> The plant will generate enough energy that it could power Apple’s entire operations in California, including its data center, retail stores, and offices. That’s also enough energy to power 15,000 California homes, Cook said.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2882672/apples-massive-solar-farm-could-power-its-entire-california-operations.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Apple's massive solar farm could power its entire California operations (http://www.macworld.com/article/2882672/apples-massive-solar-farm-could-power-its-entire-california-operations.html#tk.rss_all) |