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 headquarters solar panels.
It is powered by 100 percent renewable energy from multiple sources including a 17 megawatt onsite rooftop solar installation and four megawatts of biogas fuel cells and controlled by a microgrid with battery storage.
Parking structures on apple s new campus.
Apple is going green in a big way.
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 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 park will be one of the largest on site solar installations in the world.
Apple s portion of the the first solar farm.
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 largest installed commercial scale system today is only 4 26mw in edison new jersey.
The campus is powered 100 percent by renewable energy and will include 17 mw of rooftop solar.
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.
As a comparison google s headquarters googleplex is only 1 6mw.
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Apple s 17mw of solar would be the equivalent amount of power needed to supply roughly 2 400 homes assuming an average home solar system size of 7kw.
Apple announced that it will open its new 175 acre campus to employees beginning in april.
Apple committed 848 million to the solar project which was approved for construction last month.