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Apple Inc. has announced that it has plans to build two of the world’s largest onshore wind turbines in line with its goal of becoming fully carbon neutral in 10 years, as announced in June 2020.
The power produced by the turbines, located in Denmark, will support Apple’s data center in Viborg, the company said in a blog post Thursday. The Viborg center supports key Apple products, including the App Store, Apple Music, iMessage, and Siri. Located near the Danish city of Esbjerg, the 200-meter-high turbines are expected to produce 62 gigawatt hours each year, enough to power nearly 20,000 homes, and will act as a test site for powerful offshore wind turbines. The energy produced in Esbjerg will support Apple’s data center in Viborg, and all excess energy will go to the Danish grid.
Also read: 520MW offshore wind farm to be built in Hokkaido.
Apple said on Thursday that Varta, a supplier based in Germany, has committed to running its Apple production on 100% renewable energy. So far, 72 manufacturing partners have committed to fully renewable energy for Apple production, they added. Once all of Apple’s supplier projects are completed, these commitments will avoid more than 14.3 million metric tons of CO2e per year, the equivalent of taking more than 3 million cars off the road each year.
Apple has made various efforts to fight climate change and in 2019, released a statement stating that severe weather caused by global warming could “cause a temporary disruption in the production or availability of components or finished products, in the availability of a data center, or the availability or productivity of our workforce. “A delay in parts would mean that Apple might not ship products on time, which could affect the company’s sales.” This is an area in the one we have to lead, for the good of our planet and future generations, “said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, in a statement.
