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Apple Invests $848 Million Into Solar Farm

Posted by Soulskill on from the milking-the-sun-cows dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Apple is making a huge investment in solar energy, sending $848 million to First Solar's California Flats Solar Project. The deal will supply Apple with energy for 25 years. Construction of the new 2,900-acre solar farm will start this summer and finish by the end of 2016. Apple's share of the energy produced will be about 130 megawatts, while another 150 MW will be sold to Pacific Gas & Electric. "The iPhone maker already powers all of its data centers with renewable energy. Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive officer, has advocated taking more steps to combat climate change."

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  1. Re:So which kind of solar is it? by Greyfox · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Apple iSolar panel will have a brushed aluminum back, rounded bevel and will do everything but generate solar power.

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  2. Re:Terrible price by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Funny

    $850 million for 130 MW? That's $6.50 a watt. Commercial scale solar is supposed to be around $1.60. Am I missing something here?

    It is much more expensive to make the solar panels with rounded corners.

  3. Re:So which kind of solar is it? by ColdWetDog · · Score: 2, Funny

    But that .0001% is their rightful homeland as proclaimed by the Great Lizard Godking.

    When did Hillary say that?

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