Apple’s Massive Solar Push In Singapore

Apple will use 100% solar power to run its Singapore offices and the country’s first Apple Store.

By Neal Ungerleider

November 16, 2015

Apple has one of its largest overseas presences in Singapore. Starting next year, however, there will be a big change at Apple Singapore: All of Apple’s operations will be powered entirely by solar energy.

Reuters’ Valerie Volcovici and Julia Love report that Apple has entered into an agreement to use 100% renewable energy for all of its offices and facilities in Singapore; Apple will also open its first Apple Store in Singapore early next year. The power will come from a local company, Sunseap Group, which harvests electricity from rooftop solar panels located atop more than 800 buildings in the densely populated city-state.

This past February, Apple announced plans for an $850 million solar farm in rural California. Apple is also aggressively building solar farms in China. The move isn’t just ecologically friendly; it also ensures that Apple is at least partially insulated against future fluctuation in energy prices.