Introduction Climate Change Resources Smarter Chemistry Engagement and Advocacy Appendix 2023 Environmental Progress Report 86 Appendix B Corporate facilities energy supplement Use of renewable energy at How we procure renewable energy GreenEnergy Rider Renewable microgrid our facilities has been a central Since launching our renewable energy program in 2011, In 2013, we opened a new data center in Reno, Nevada. Since 2017, we’ve been powering Apple Park with component of our emissions we’ve implemented a number of solutions to procure With no PURPA or Direct Access options in Nevada, we 100 percent renewable energy — about 75 percent of reduction strategy since 2011. We’ve renewable energy. Our strategy has evolved over time worked directly with the local utility, NV Energy, to create a which is generated onsite and managed by a microgrid. to create the most positive impact. whole new regulatory structure. The Nevada GreenEnergy The onsite generation comes from 14 m egawatts of learned a lot about how best to Rider enables us to secure a long-term, fixed-price rooftop solar PV and 4 m egawatts of baseload biogas fuel secure renewable energy, which has Ownership and PURPA contract for renewable electricity from a new solar PV cells. Any additional energy required is drawn by Direct helped us educate suppliers and In 2011, Apple’s 100 percent equity ownership of our project built for us but managed by the utility. We’ve used Access from the California Flats solar project in nearby expand our renewable energy efforts Maiden solar arrays was the first time a nonenergy this partnership to create four solar projects totaling Monterey County. The microgrid system with battery commercial company built its own utility-scale solar PV 320 m egawatts. storage manages the renewable energy generation into our supply chain. This appendix project. We used a 1978 federal law called the Public and the building’s energy use; optimizes demand summarizes the types of renewable Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) to structure the Equity investment management, load shifting, and frequency regulation energy solutions we’ve deployed, project. We then applied this same structure to two In 2014, we invested in two 20-megawatt solar PV services; and ensures uninterrupted energy reliability and it details how we implement more large solar PV and biogas fuel cell projects in North projects in Sichuan, China, to support all our in-country against local grid outages. Carolina and two microhydro projects in Oregon. This retail stores, corporate offices, and data storage facilities. renewable energy at our data was a landmark moment in corporate renewable energy This project represented the first time a commercial centers — our largest energy loads. development and led to an increased use of PURPA in company created a new large-scale project in China for these states. its own use. We’ve since replicated this model many times for Apple’s supply chain. Direct Access Portfolio solutions Since 2012, in California and Oregon, we’ve used a In 2015 and 2016, we adapted to land scarcity constraints program called Direct Access to bypass the default in Singapore and Japan by contracting for solar PV on electricity generation offered by the utilities servicing 800 rooftops in Singapore and 300 in Japan. We adapted our data centers in those states. Instead, we contracted our approach in each country to fit local partnerships and directly with independent power producers who could regulatory structures: We signed a long-term agreement supply 100 percent renewable electricity. After initially similar to a power purchase agreement in Singapore and buying from existing, third-party-owned projects, we’re made an equity investment in Japan. These projects offer now procuring renewable energy from projects we us long-term flexibility as our load grows. created: The Solar Star II and Montague Wind projects deliver renewables to our Oregon data center, and the California Flats solar project delivers renewables to our data centers, offices, and retail stores in California.