Apple users could soon power products with 100% clean energy
Apple users could soon power products with 100% clean energy
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15 October 2025
Tech giant says it wants to match 100% of product energy usage with wind and solar
It is supporting projects across Europe
Product energy usage accounts for 29% of its GHG emissions
Apple users could soon have 100% renewable energy. Credit: Adobe
Apple users could soon be using renewable energy to fully charge all of their products after the tech giant announced plans to launch a host of wind and solar power projects.
The company said it wants to match 100% of global customer electricity use with clean electricity by “bringing new wind and solar power online around the world,” through a number of renewable projects across Europe.
In total, it is planning to add 650 megawatts (MW) of clean power capacity at a cost of £450m. This will generate over 1 million MwH of clean electricity on behalf of Apple users by 2030.
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Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of environment, policy and social Initiatives, said that by 2030 all the energy it takes to power an iPhone or Mac will be matched by clean energy.
To do this, Apple will support renewable energy projects that “maximise impact on grids around the world”, which it says will avoid the carbon that’s emitted by charging and powering its devices.
It says it will facilitate the construction of large-scale projects that will add about 3,000 gigawatt-hours (gWh) of renewable energy to the grid each by 2030.
For example, in Greece, Apple has recently signed a long-term agreement to get power from a 110MW solar project. According to the company, this will also support Greece’s transition to renewable energy.
Also, in Italy, Apple is helping to build a 129MW portfolio of solar and wind projects, the first of which is due to come online this month.
Product use, the energy it takes to charge and power devices, accounts for roughly 29% of Apple’s overall greenhouse gas emissions.
“Our new projects in Europe will help us achieve our ambitious Apple 2030 goal, while contributing to healthy communities, thriving economies, and secure energy sources across the continent,” Jackson said.
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Max joined The Eco Experts as content manager in February 2024. He has written about sustainability issues across numerous industries, including maritime, supply chain, finance, mining, and retail. He has also written extensively for consumer titles like City AM, The Morning Star, and The Daily Express.
In 2020, he covered in detail the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) legislation on sulphur emissions and its effects on the global container shipping market as online editor of Port Technology International.
He also explored the initiatives major container ports and terminals have launched in order to ship vital goods across the world without polluting the environment.
Since then, he has reported heavily on the impact made by environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices on the supply chain of minerals, with a particular focus on rare earth mining in Africa.
As part of this, in 2022 Max visited mines and ports in Angola to hone in on the challenges being faced by one of the world’s biggest producers of rare earth minerals.
His most recent sustainability-related work came much closer to home, as he investigated the eco-challenges faced by independent retailers in the UK, specifically looking at how they can cut emissions and continue to thrive.
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