April 2 (Renewables Now) – US technology company Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) announced that it is building the 240-MWh California Flats energy storage project next to the namesake solar farm in Monterey County, California.
The storage facility will be hooked to the California Flats solar farm, specifically to its 130-MW portion that Apple contracted under a power purchase agreement (PPA) for its operations in the US state.
Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) will supply 85 lithium-ion megapack batteries for the project, according to multiple media reports. US technology news outlet The Verge reported that Apple’s system will be a 60-MW setup.
Apple said that investing in storage solutions for renewable energy sites is the “next frontier” of its efforts towards renewables and intends to share the experience with other corporate actors along the supply chain.
The company said that more than 110 of its manufacturing partners globally had committed to making the transition to 100% renewable energy for their Apple production. In July 2020, when Apple first announced that it wanted a net-zero climate footprint for every device by 2030, the company counted on pledges from over 70 suppliers.
