This equates to around 8GW of new clean energy capacity, the tech company said.ĭigging by technology news website The Verge found documents filed with Monterey County planners that showed the battery storage system will be supplied by Tesla, consisting of 85 Tesla Megapack ESS systems. Along with the battery project announcement yesterday it said it is going fully carbon neutral by 2030 and said over 110 partners in the company’s manufacturing supply chain have also committed to going to 100% renewables for products, components and services they provide to Apple. The company said it is researching new energy storage technologies as well as investing in utiity-scale lithium-ion battery storage at California Flats, adding that it also has distributed energy storage facilities in California’s Santa Clara Valley and in a microgrid at it Apple Park HQ in Cupertino, also in California.Īpple is committed to producing renewable energy equivalent to powering 100% of its operations and has already reduced its carbon emissions by 40% since it began efforts. The battery storage system will store excess energy generated during daytime hours and inject it to the grid when needed. Apple said yesterday that the battery project supports its 130MW portion, which accounts for all of the company’s renewable energy capacity within California. The total capacity of the plant is 280MW and the second phase went online in 2019 with our sister site PV Tech reporting it to be one of the first utility-scale solar facilities to use First Solar's large-format Series 6 PV modules. Apple agreed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to buy 130MW of that capacity while California investor-owned utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) signed a PPA for the remaining 150MW.
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