By this time next year, Apple will be powering its massive US
data centers from 100% renewable sources including solar energy,
wind power, and hydroelectric dams. For more than a year,
Greenpeace has been taking steps, often controversial, urging
Apple to clean up its power act. The company has already taken
to cleaning up their 500,000-square foot Maiden, North Carolina
facility, which is on the Duke Energy grid, partially powered by
coal. Apple has started building a 100-acre biogas energy plant
and solar array on the site, but will still use Duke for some of
the power. By the end of 2012, the facility will use only local
providers who use renewable energy. Greenpeace is happy with the
announcement by Apple, but won’t be stopping the campaign
against the company any time soon. “Apple’s announcement today
is a great sign that Apple is taking seriously the hundreds of
thousands of its customers who have asked for an iCloud powered
by clean energy, not dirty coal,” said a spokesperson.
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