Apple 4.8MW fuel cell could power up in June

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Apple 4.8MW fuel cell could power up in June

1 April 2012 1,157 views 3 Comments

May flowers spring from April showers and Apple’s planned bio-gas fuel cell energy project could bud as soon as June, according to a late March filing with the North Carolina Utility Commission. The facility, which is being built alongside a similarly ambitious 20MW solar array at Apple’s Maiden, North Carolina data center, will be the nation’s largest non-utility power plant of its kind.

Our new data center … demonstrates our commitment to reducing the environmental impact of our facilities through energy-efficient, green building design. The facility has earned the coveted LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council — Apple

A flyover of Apple’s Maiden facility and the ongoing construction

via Wired, Greensboro News-Record, Bloombox image

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Greenpeace pulls a ‘Daisey’ | FairerPlatform said:

[...] Apple’s bio-gas fuel cell? A coal industry shill — What Apple is doing in North Carolina — Apple 4.8MW fuel cell could power up in June — An aerial view of Apple’s North Carolina solar array [...]

# 17 April 2012 at 10:37 pm

Greenpeace's iLies hurt environmental movement | Tapscape said:

[...] (NCUC) had approved Cupertino’s request to build a second solar array in addition to 100-plus acre solar array + 4.8MW fuel cell power plants approved last year, making for a more than 250 acre site. The punchline? The [...]

# 18 May 2012 at 3:56 pm

So, Greenpeace forced Apple to go green, right? | Spil og games Nyheder said:

[...] (NCUC) had approved Cupertino’s request to build a second solar array in addition to 100-plus acre solar array + 4.8MW fuel cell power plants approved last year, making for a more than 250 acre site that will eliminate the use [...]

# 18 May 2012 at 7:27 pm