Solar-Powered Apple Store, Offices Planned for Singapore
- Apple signs deal with Sunseap Group to source solar power
- Sunseap to provide 40 gigawatt-hours through rooftop capacity
A shopper tries out an Apple Inc. Macbook laptop computer inside an iStudio store in the Orchard Central shopping mall on Orchard Road in Singapore, on Sunday, June 21, 2015. Consumer prices prices declined for a sixth straight month in April and employment contracted last quarter for the first time since 2009.
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Apple Inc. reached agreement to power its expanding operations in Singapore with solar energy, part of a broader push by the world’s largest company by market value to tap cleaner sources of energy around the globe.
Beginning in January, the maker of the iPhone and Apple Watch will source 40 gigawatt-hours of power from rooftop solar installations made by the Sunseap Group, according to a statement from the Singapore-based company.