In a bid to match the electricity European customers use to power their phones and computers, Apple says it will add 650MW solar and wind projects in Europe by 2030.
The company said some $600m is being spent on new large-scale renewable projects in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania.
The 650MW target includes a 131MW solar farm developed by ib vogt in Segovia, Spain that started operating this year.
“By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes to charge their iPhone or power their Mac is matched with clean electricity,” said Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment and policy.
The energy it takes to charge and power Apple devices accounted for about 29% of Apple’s overall greenhouse gas emissions in 2024.
In Greece, the company has signed a long-term agreement to procure power from a 110MW solar project owned and operated by Helleniq Energy.
In Italy, Apple is supporting the development of a 129MW portfolio of solar and wind projects. The first, a solar project in Sicily, was due to come online last month.
In Poland, Apple has enabled Econergy’s 40MW solar array, set to begin generating this year.
Apple also plans to procure power from Nala Renewables’ 99MW wind farm in Romania’s Galați County through a long-term agreement originated by OX2, which is now constructing the project.
And in Latvia, Apple has signed one of the country’s first corporate power purchase agreements with European Energy. Here, Apple will procure electricity from one of Latvia’s largest solar farms, which will add 110MW of clean power capacity to the grid.
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