Apple plans massive solar farm in North Carolina - Polidicks

[URL]http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-apple-massive-solar-farm-north.html[/URL] [QUOTE][B]Permits dug up by the Charlotte Observer have revealed Apple Inc.'s plan to build a gigantic solar farm to help power its recently built $1 billion data center in North Carolina. Apple has not formally announced the project and did not respond to the Observer's request to confirm it, but work to clear the land for construction has already begun, angering some nearby residents. [/B]According to the plans - which are visible at the website [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/apple/"]Apple[/URL] Insider (appleinsider.com) - Apple will reshape part of the slope of the 171-acre vacant lot next to its Project Dolphin data center to make it more suitable for [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/solar+panels/"]solar panels[/URL]. Engineering plans contained in the permits show that Apple would protect nearby creeks by making sure the soil moved for the project does not end up in local [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/waterways/"]waterways[/URL]. The permit does not mention how much of the 171 acres would be devoted to solar panels, but it does say that multiple gravel roads would be built to access the structures. A county engineer told the paper that more formal plans for the [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/solar+farm/"]solar farm[/URL] would come when Apple files for a building permit. The Project Dolphin data center went online this spring. The 500,000-square-foot facility is five times the size of Apple's previous data center in Newark, Calif., and will be used to power the company's new iCloud service, which offers up to 5 GB of free online storage to Apple users. According to technology publication Ars Technica, the late [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/steve+jobs/"]Steve Jobs[/URL] called the North Carolina data center "as eco-friendly as you can make a modern data center," but it was criticized by [URL="http://www.physorg.com/tags/greenpeace/"]Greenpeace[/URL], which pointed out that the state is powered mostly by coal (61 percent) and nuclear (31 percent) generators. Greenpeace called North Carolina the state with one of "the dirtiest generation mixes in the U.S." The re-sloping work has not yet begun, but Apple's contractors are clearing the land and burning brush in anticipation of that stage of the project. Nearby residents told the Hickory Daily Record that smoke and ash are drifting across their properties 24 hours a day. "They told us they would have a fire, and only do it when the wind's blowing away," Zelda Vosburgh told the paper. "They do it 24 hours a day. The house inside smells like smoke. I don't know if it's hurting us, breathing it 24 hours a day. Between the smell and the smoke, it's bad." Vosburgh and other locals also told the paper that the clearing process is pushing snakes and other wildlife onto their land. According to the Hickory Daily Record, construction-related fires like this cannot be started before 8 a.m. and new material cannot be added to existing fires after 6 p.m., but they do not need to be doused at night. A public information officer told the paper that wind cannot be blowing toward nearby houses at the time any fires are started. [/QUOTE] Incoming shitstorm of apple hate. This time, for no apparent reason.

I was going to write something nice but then you had to go ahead and add that stupid comment. Could at least have posted something relevant to the article.

Cool. but will they actually give power to other people or patent the sun and steal it all? [editline]1st November 2011[/editline] THIS IS A JOKE. Apples at least doing very good here.

You are going to need a LOT of panels to make a dent in your datacenter's power usage, Apple.

[QUOTE=J!NX;33079010]Cool. but will they actually give power to other people or patent the sun and steal it all?[/QUOTE] Why would they want to give power to people? The 4S runs out of battery in a single hour.

[QUOTE=Nikota;33079035]Why would they want to give power to people? The 4S runs out of battery in a single hour.[/QUOTE] And to think, removing multitasking would increase battery life by [sp]5 seconds![/sp]

They will patent solar panels, Calling it

I don't see anything to hate on.

[QUOTE=valkery;33078985][URL]http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-11-apple-massive-solar-farm-north.html[/URL] Incoming shitstorm of apple hate. This time, for no apparent reason.[/QUOTE] Disagreed because this looks pretty cool. As long as they're not patent trolling they're fine enough.

and then it powers 20% of the center but they claim the data center is completely green

I'd love solar powered ithings, a next generation IPS/solar powered touchscreen The future Fuck yeah

[QUOTE=DrBreen;33079170]I'd love solar powered ithings, a next generation IPS/solar powered touchscreen The future Fuck yeah[/QUOTE] Ten minute battery life on a six hour charge. Price with a contract. $599.99

The re-sloping work has not yet begun, but Apple's contractors are clearing the land and [b]burning brush[/b] in anticipation of that stage of the project. THOSE NON GREEN BASTARDS KILLING ALL THOSE BRUSH AND PUTTING CARBON IN THE ATMOSPHERE

Isun

[QUOTE=Red scout?;33079071]They will patent solar panels, Calling it[/QUOTE] the iPanel S.

Aren't they building a massive solar farm in the Sahara desert?

[QUOTE=J!NX;33079010]but will they actually give power to other people or patent the sun and steal it all?[/QUOTE] They're going to try and patent the sun. [I]Too bad [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333776/Spanish-woman-Angeles-Duran-claims-owns-sun--plans-start-charging-ALL-users.html]it's already been done![/url][/I] But seriously, good job Apple!

[QUOTE=Last or First;33079611]They're going to try and patent the sun. [I]Too bad [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333776/Spanish-woman-Angeles-Duran-claims-owns-sun--plans-start-charging-ALL-users.html]it's already been done![/url][/I] But seriously, good job Apple![/QUOTE] Daily Mail is exactly the same thing as the Onion, only it tries to be a little more serious looking.

[QUOTE=Last or First;33079611]They're going to try and patent the sun. [I]Too bad [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1333776/Spanish-woman-Angeles-Duran-claims-owns-sun--plans-start-charging-ALL-users.html]it's already been done![/url][/I] But seriously, good job Apple![/QUOTE] I am suing her atm. I got skin cancer from her product.

You guys are dumb

Rated dumb because the OP is dumb not because article is dumb.

[QUOTE=J!NX;33079642]Daily Mail is exactly the same thing as the Onion, only it tries to be a little more serious looking.[/QUOTE] I couldn't read the fucking article. How the hell do you even fuck up basic semantics. Percent being Per Cent in the article just bugged the hell out of me.