Apple Headquarters Solar Panels

Ceo tim cook said tuesday that the company would power its new corporate headquarters with energy from a 2 900 acre solar farm being built by first solar.

Apple headquarters solar panels. Apple park apple s new headquarters in cupertino is now the largest leed platinum certified office building in north america. We re committed to leaving the world better than we found it. The largest installed commercial scale system today is only 4 26mw in edison new jersey. The apple headquarters aims to be a net zero energy campus and as part of this the entire roof of the giant building will contain 700 000 square feet of solar panels with a capacity to generate 8.

Apple park will be one of the largest on site solar installations in the world. As a comparison google s headquarters googleplex is only 1 6mw. Apple is going green in a big way. The campus is powered 100 percent by renewable energy and will include 17 mw of rooftop solar.

The new campus will get 16 megawatts of power from rooftop solar panels some of which will be affixed to the top of its two on campus parking structures. Apple s spaceship like headquarters in cupertino california is adorned in solar panels a testament to the company s pledge to power its facility with 100 percent renewable energy. Apple committed 848 million to the solar project which was approved for construction last month. Parking structures on apple s new campus.

Apple s gorgeous new 5 billion headquarters in cupertino california dubbed the spaceship will not only contain the largest pieces of structural glass ever made but also one of the largest. Apple will receive 130 megawatts from the 2 900 acre solar panel farm that first solar expects to begin work on in monterey california later this year. The building will also be the world s largest naturally ventilated building projected to require no heating or air condition for nine months of the year. Apple announced that it will open its new 175 acre campus to employees beginning in april.