Apple will use giant Tesla batteries at its California Solar Farm to power its headquarters during the day

腾讯科技4月1日报道，苹果公司宣布最早于2015年在北加州建设太阳能发电厂。该公司当地时间周三宣布，将在这座发电厂启动一个大型储能项目，使用电动汽车制造商特斯拉的巨型电池。

Tencent technology reported on April 1 that Apple announced the construction of a solar power plant in Northern California as early as 2015. The company announced on Wednesday local time that it would launch a large-scale energy storage project in this power plant, using giant batteries from Tesla, an electric vehicle manufacturer.

根据去年提交的文件，苹果新项目将为7000多户家庭全天储存高达240兆瓦时的能源和电力。该项目将由85个巨型特斯拉锂离子电池组成，为位于库珀蒂诺的公司总部供电。蒙特利县规划局负责人在一封电子邮件中证实，苹果将使用特斯拉电池。苹果拒绝置评，特斯拉也没有回应置评请求。

Apple's new project will store up to 240 megawatt hours of energy and power more than 7000 homes throughout the day, according to documents submitted last year. The project will consist of 85 giant Tesla lithium-ion batteries to power the company's headquarters in Cupertino. The head of Monterey County Planning confirmed in an email that Apple would use Tesla batteries. Apple declined to comment, and Tesla did not respond to requests for comment.

杰克逊周三表示："清洁能源（包括太阳能和风能）面临的挑战是，能源供应受到间歇性限制。"。如果我们能解决这个问题，我们就能证明它对我们是有效的。它将消除人们对间歇性供电的担忧，帮助电网保证稳定供电。这是其他公司可以效仿或借鉴的。"

"The challenge for clean energy (including solar and wind energy) is that there are intermittent restrictions on its power supply," Jackson said on Wednesday. If we can solve this problem, we can prove that it is effective for us. It will eliminate people's worry about intermittent supply and help the power grid ensure stable power supply. This is something that other companies can follow or learn from. "

杰克逊还表示，苹果计划与其他公司分享其在建设该项目方面的发现。但她表示，现在说具体怎么做还为时过早。苹果还分享了其他项目的环保技术开发经验，包括加拿大的一家铝冶炼合资企业和德克萨斯州的苹果回收技术实验室。

Jackson also said Apple plans to share its findings in building the project with other companies. But she said it was too early to say exactly how it would do it. Apple has also shared environmental technology development experience in other projects, including an aluminum smelting joint venture in Canada and apple recycling technology laboratory in Texas.

特斯拉在2019年首次宣布了巨型电池组储能系统。不过，苹果将使用的60兆瓦存储设备并不是特斯拉最大的。特斯拉已经在澳大利亚和德克萨斯州休斯顿南部建造了大约100兆瓦的大型整体电池存储解决方案。

Tesla first announced the giant battery pack energy storage system in 2019. However, the 60 megawatt storage device Apple will use is not Tesla's largest. Tesla has built about 100 megawatts of larger overall battery storage solutions in Australia and south of Houston, Texas.

虽然苹果在其许多产品中使用锂离子电池，但不知道它是否正在进行任何电网规模的项目。然而，据说该公司正在为其电动汽车项目开发一种磷酸铁锂电池。

While Apple uses lithium-ion batteries in many of its products, it is not known that it is working on any grid scale project. However, the company is said to be developing a lithium iron phosphate battery for its electric vehicle project.

苹果和特斯拉的业务没有太多重叠，尽管两家公司都以"互相挖角"著称。特斯拉首席执行官埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）去年12月披露，他曾试图在2018年提出苹果的方案，但苹果首席执行官蒂姆·库克（Tim Cook）却"拒绝"与他会面。

Apple and Tesla don't have much overlapping business, although both companies are known for "digging into each other's corner.". Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, disclosed in December last year that he had tried to put forward Apple's proposal in 2018, but Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive, "refused" to meet him.

特斯拉以其电动汽车而闻名，但该公司多年来一直在努力打造储能业务，以加强收购太阳能公司SolarCity后的太阳能产品。这些年来，除了家庭电池业务外，该公司还越来越多地参与苹果等公司的大型储能项目。

Tesla is best known for its electric cars, but the company has been working hard for years to build an energy storage business to strengthen the solar products that came with its acquisition of solar company SolarCity. Over the years, in addition to its home battery business, the company has been increasingly involved in large-scale energy storage projects of companies such as apple.

尽管与特斯拉汽车业务数十亿美元的收入相比，收入并不高，但储能产品至少吸引了一些客户。2019年，大众汽车宣布在美国的一些电动美国充电站使用特斯拉电池。（腾讯科技审校/金路）

Although the revenue is not high compared with the billions of dollars generated by Tesla's auto business, energy storage products have attracted at least some customers. In 2019, Volkswagen announced the use of Tesla batteries in some of its electric America charging stations in the United States. (Tencent technology reviser / Jinlu)

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update time：2021-04-01 10:48:31