Apple builds a solar farm in Nevada

Apple is paying for the construction of an 18-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant in Nevada. It will power the company’s Reno data centre. According to Apple’s 2012 Environmental Footprint Report,Nevada centre will be the same environmentally responsible as the one in Maiden,North California. The latter helped to lessen unemployment by hiring hundreds of people during its construction.

The new station will use endless resources of natural solar radiation as well as geothermal recourses to supply the data centre with sufficient energy. It will cover 60% of power needs while the remaining will be acquired from local and regional sources.

It was SunPower company that helped Apple to develop the centre.

Fort Churchill Solar Array will be built to the east of Reno and it will occupy 137 acres. The solar farm will produce 43.5 million kilowatt hours of “green” energy.

The construction of the solar farm will create lots of jobs in Lyon Country, says the Governer Brian Sandoval.

Apple announced their plans to build a second solar plant in Maiden, which will produce 20 million kilowatt hours.