Continuing to insist on the environmental friendliness of its products, Apple in a recent press release on the launch of iOS 16 mentioned some kind of “clean energy charging” (Clean Energy Charging). From a brief and rather vague description, it follows that the point is to charge when the grid uses the cleanest energy sources. It can be assumed that Apple intends to rely on the schedule of peak loads on the power grid. The fact is that the daily cycle of electricity consumption by the population varies greatly depending on the time of day. In view of this, at peak times (during the day) energy is generated by burning expensive gas, while the night load is handled mainly by coal-fired power plants, far from the definition of environmentally friendly.

However, according to experts, power grids in different regions can vary greatly in terms of peak load schedules, generation strategies, and therefore “cleanliness”, and therefore the “cleanest energy” may well be generated during the day, while an increase in night consumption can increase coal burning. . In a word, it is not surprising why Apple did not dare to loudly announce such a controversial technology at the presentation, and in the press release it gave it a couple of lines in small print at the very end of the text.

In addition, “clean energy charging” will be available only in the United States. In short, it is completely unclear how exactly the company plans to implement it in practice and how this will actually affect the reduction of CO2 emissions.

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