Apple is expanding its renewable energy portfolio across Europe with new solar and wind projects totalling 650MW of capacity under development in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland and Romania.
The initiative will generate over 1 million megawatt-hours of clean electricity annually on behalf of Apple users by 2030.
The projects, part of Apple’s wider Apple 2030 goal to achieve carbon neutrality across its operations and product use by the end of the decade, will unlock more than $600 million in financing.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social initiatives, said: “By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes to charge their iPhone or power their Mac is matched with clean electricity.”
She added that the new developments “will help us achieve our ambitious Apple 2030 goal, while contributing to healthy communities, thriving economies, and secure energy sources across the continent.”
In Greece, Apple has signed a long-term power agreement with HELLENiQ ENERGY for a 110MW solar project that is now fully operational.
In Italy, Apple is supporting a 129MW portfolio of solar and wind assets, beginning with a solar farm in Sicily due online this month.
In Poland, the company has enabled Econergy’s 40MW solar array, which will be operational later this year, while in Romania it has agreed to procure power from Nala Renewables’ 99MW wind farm in Galați County.
Apple has also signed one of Latvia’s first corporate power purchase agreements with European Energy for a 110MW solar project, and supported ib vogt’s 131MW Segovia solar farm in Spain, now operational.
Across Europe, Apple expects its clean energy projects to add around 3 terawatt-hours of renewable electricity to the grid each year by 2030.