Dive Brief:

• Apple is reportedly moving ahead with plans to build a solar facility near a data center the company owns in Oregon and could sell power to the local utility.
• Apple owns two 20-MW solar facilities in North Carolina and sells power from them to the local utility. Apple is planning a similar arrangement for a 15 MW to 20 MW facility under development near Reno, Nevada.

Dive Insight:

Companies like Apple, Google and Facebook are increasingly building and buying renewable generation to serve their energy needs. The companies are taking a mix of approaches towards the renewables. Sometimes they own the facilities, sometimes they buy renewable power from independent power producers and utilities. Either way, a sector that uses lots of electricity is increasingly going green. Apple is already 100% green, according to the company.