Apple to Invest in Chinese Solar Energy Projects to Slash 20 Million Tons of Emissions

Apple will invest in 200 megawatts of solar energy projects in China  and has  pledged to work with factories in the region to source more renewable energy and improve their energy efficiency.

The tech giant, who base the majority of their manufacturing operations in China recently  come under criticism due to the heavy pollution caused by its Chinese suppliers.  The new energy project will offset the carbon produced by Apple’s supply chain in the region, where much of the electricity is produced from coal.

Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, said “the 200 megawatts projects will produce the equivalent of the energy used by more by than 265,000 Chinese homes in a year  and will avoid over 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in China between now and 2020.  These projects go beyond Apple’s operations in China to help our suppliers adopt clean renewable energy,”

The company now says its China operations are “carbon neutral”, as the sol…