• New solar and wind projects in five European countries will add 650 MW of renewable capacity, mobilising over $600 million in financing.
• The expansion supports Apple’s 2030 carbon neutrality target, matching all customer device electricity use with clean energy.
• Projects span high-carbon grids from Poland to Greece, contributing over 1 million MWh of clean power annually by 2030.
Apple Scales Clean Energy Push Across Europe
Cupertino-based Apple is expanding its renewable energy footprint across Europe, enabling a network of new solar and wind projects in Greece, Italy, Latvia, Poland, and Romania. Together with an operational solar farm in Spain, the portfolio will add roughly 650 megawatts (MW) of clean energy capacity to national grids, backed by more than $600 million in project financing.
The projects are designed to match the electricity that European customers use to power Apple devices — part of the company’s broader plan to reach carbon neutrality across its entire business, supply chain, and product life cycle by 2030. Once operational, Apple expects the European portfolio to generate more than 1 million megawatt-hours (MWh) of renewable electricity annually.
Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, said the initiative is central to the company’s vision for climate-aligned technology use. “By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes to charge their iPhone or power their Mac is matched with clean electricity,” she said. “Our new projects in Europe will help us achieve our Apple 2030 goal, while contributing to healthy communities, thriving economies, and secure energy sources across the continent.”
Tackling Product Use Emissions
While Apple has already achieved carbon neutrality across its corporate operations, the company continues to target emissions from product use — the electricity consumed when customers charge their devices. In 2024, product use accounted for roughly 29% of Apple’s total greenhouse gas footprint.
To offset this segment, Apple is investing in projects in regions with higher grid carbon intensity. The approach both displaces fossil fuel generation and accelerates renewable infrastructure in markets that lag behind on clean energy transition.
By 2030, Apple aims to match 100% of its global customer electricity use with clean power through similar agreements and long-term procurement deals worldwide.
Country-Level Developments
Across Europe, Apple is directly enabling new renewable capacity through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) and developer partnerships.
In Greece, Apple has procured energy from a 110 MW solar project developed by HELLENiQ ENERGY, which is now fully operational and feeding power into the grid. The project supports Greece’s national target to source 80% of its electricity from renewables by 2030.
In Italy, Apple is backing a 129 MW portfolio combining solar and wind assets. The first installation — a solar project in Sicily — is scheduled to come online this month.
In Poland, where coal still dominates the energy mix, Apple has enabled Econergy’s 40 MW solar array, expected to begin operations later this year.
In Romania’s Galați County, Apple will source electricity from Nala Renewables’ 99 MW wind farm under a long-term agreement originated by Swedish renewable developer OX2, now constructing the facility.
In Latvia, Apple has signed one of the country’s first corporate PPAs with European Energy to support a 110 MW solar farm — among the largest in the Baltic region.
The Spanish component, a 131 MW solar farm in Segovia developed by ib vogt, became operational earlier this year and is already supplying renewable electricity to the national grid.
Collectively, the projects are expected to add around 3,000 gigawatt-hours of renewable power to European grids each year by 2030.
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A Broader Clean Energy Strategy
Beyond consumer electricity matching, Apple’s renewable energy programme now supports more than 19 gigawatts (GW) of clean capacity worldwide, spanning its corporate offices, data centres, and manufacturing supply chain. The company works with suppliers to transition their operations to renewable energy through its Supplier Clean Energy Program, which now includes over 320 partners across 30 countries.
The European expansion reflects growing corporate participation in renewable infrastructure financing, complementing regional initiatives under the EU Green Deal and REPowerEU plans. With corporate PPAs increasingly shaping national renewable buildouts, Apple’s long-term contracts provide both financial security for developers and a replicable model for tech sector decarbonization.
Strategic Relevance for Global Markets
Apple’s latest projects highlight how corporate demand can accelerate the pace of Europe’s clean energy deployment at a time when grid decarbonization remains uneven across the continent. By targeting regions with carbon-intensive power systems and mobilising hundreds of millions in capital, Apple’s approach links corporate sustainability commitments to measurable grid impacts.
For investors and policymakers, the model demonstrates how multinational corporations can play a structural role in advancing renewable energy financing — not only for their operations, but for end-user electricity as well.
If successful, Apple’s initiative could establish a precedent for other global manufacturers and consumer tech firms to account for downstream emissions tied to product use, redefining the boundaries of corporate climate responsibility.
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