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Apple Is Building a Massive Solar Farm In California
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said Tuesday that the company is taking on an ambitious project: an enormous solar farm that will provide enough power for all of the company's corporate offices, California stores, its forthcoming campus and more.
The project will be done in collaboration with First Solar Inc. as part of that firm's 2,900-acre California Flats solar project. Apple's portion of the farm is 1,300 acres and will add 130 megawatts of new solar power to the state of California, First Solar said in a release.
Cook said he expects the $848 million investment Apple makes in the solar farm will result in “significant savings” for Apple, because the firm can secure a fixed cost for renewable energy that is cheaper than traditional power …. http://www.washingtonpost.com
Source: http://luismmx.blogspot.com/2015/02/apple-is-building-massive-solar-farm-in.html
