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New Australia & New Zealand power initiatives
are an attempt to balance Apple's consumption
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Image: Apple's new solar project under construction in Lancaster,
Victoria, Australia

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Apple has announced more projects for New Zealand and Australia that
aim to match users' iPhone charging needs with clean energy.

Following on from its October 2025 announcements of energy initiatives
in China and the European Union, Apple is now highlighting its similar
efforts across Australia and New Zealand.

"By 2030, we want our users to know that all the energy it takes to
charge their iPhone or power their Mac is matched with clean
electricity," said Lisa Jackson, Apple's vice president of
Environment, Policy and Social Initiatives, in a statement. "We're
proud to do our part to support Australia's transition to a cleaner
grid and drive positive impacts for communities and nature - all while
moving closer to our ambitious goal to be carbon neutral across our
entire footprint."

Back in 2020, Apple made this commitment of having a 100% carbon
neutral footprint by 2030. It's been criticized for greenwashing, and
recently had to stop saying that the Apple Watch Ultra 3 is carbon
neutral.

It does power all of its data centers on 100% clean energy, and has
told AppleInsider that this continues with all new data center
projects. But there is still the issue that with Apple Intelligence,
users' devices are consuming more energy.

Nonetheless, Apple is expanding its environmental and energy
initiatives across the world.


Australia initiatives
Apple has announced a plan to extend its current renewable energy
capacity in Australia, starting with a new solar project. This new
facility under construction in Lancaster, Victoria, will contribute to
over one million megawatt-hours of energy being generated annually by
2030.

This latest facility is an 80MW solar project being made under a
long-term agreement with European Energy. It's expected to be
operational during 2026.

It will also be contributing to a goal of matching all of the energy
Apple's users consume for charging and using their devices. The
intention is that this will be matched by clean energy within the next
five years.

The company's existing efforts in Australia include a project in
Queensland, which Apple now says is producing a macadamia orchard.
What was once 1,700 hectares of degraded sugarcane farmland now has
over 800,000 trees.

It's intended to re-introduce native species and also improve soil
quality in an area that was once heavily farmed. There is also to be a
100 hectare restoration area "which works to reconnect youth with the
landscape."


New Zealand
Apple has also announced that its Restore Fund initiative will be
investing in a new project in New Zealand. This is the same initiative
that has already seen Apple investing in California's redwood forests
and Brazil's rainforests.

For New Zealand, Apple is partnering with Climate Asset Management to
restore 8,600 hectares of forestland. The land is across four sites in
the Central North Island, and one in the South Isalnd.

The aim is to "improve biodiversity, increase carbon sequestration and
generate financial return through the sustainable management of working
redwood forests." At the same time, the project will conserve 3,000
hectares of native forestland, meeting the standards of the Forest
Stewardship Council.



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