Technology giant Apple announced that it has achieved 10 gigawatts of its 16 gigawatt renewable energy target for the coming years. The company stated that it has many goals in this area and will accelerate its current projects.
The company announced that it has reduced carbon emissions by 13.9 million metric tons in 2021 with renewable energy projects. Let’s take a look at the details of the news together.
The money of the iPhone 14s sold by Apple will go to Samsung!
Samsung, which has been producing panels for Apple for a long time, will get its share of OLED screens of the iPhone 14 series, although it has been a little excluded this year.
Apple has promised to power 25 countries with renewable electricity!
The technology giant announced that thanks to its projects, it will reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to removing 3 million cars from the roads in a year. The firm is currently working with global supply chains to accelerate the transition to clean energy. In a statement following its success, Apple pledged to work with renewable energy in all its products in 25 countries with its 213 manufacturing partners. The company will accelerate its work by 2030 so that all its suppliers are carbon neutral, that is, reaching zero.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s Vice President of Environmental Policy and Social Initiative, said:
“We are proud that many of our manufacturing partners are participating in our urgent work to address the climate crisis by generating more renewable energy around the world. Clean energy is good for both business and the planet. By sharing what we learned in our transition to renewables, we are helping to point the way to a greener future.”
Apple is currently investing in around 500 megawatts of solar projects in China and Japan for renewable energy targets. The company is also investing in the 2300-square-foot IP Radian Solar Project in Texas and Brown County. After construction is complete, the project will generate 300 megawatts of electricity. In this way, Apple will represent only 22 percent of the carbon footprint of the energy used by its customers to charge their devices.
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