U-Apple usanda kufinyelela esivumelwaneni neXinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology, eyaziwa njengomkhiqizi omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni ophehla ugesi. Lokhu kuzobona ukufika kwamandla ahlanzekile ezinhlelweni zokukhiqiza nasezikhiqizweni zezikhungo ezihambisana ne-Apple eChina, ngokusho kolwazi olushicilelwe eSouth China Morning Post.
Ngokuqondile, inkampani engaphansi kweBeijing Tianrun New Energy Investment, ephethwe yiGoldwind ngokuphelele, izodlulisela isabelo samaphesenti angama-30 ezinkampanini ezine zephrojekthi ku-Apple. Inkampani ephethwe yiGoldwind igxile ekwakhiweni nasekusebenzeni kwamapulazi omoya futhi inesiqiniseko sokusiza i-Apple kwinqubo yokunikeza amandla ahlanzekile ezikhungweni zayo eziningi zokukhiqiza i-iPhone esifundeni, mhlawumbe kufaka phakathi abakhiqizi abaziwayo abanjengoFoxconn noPegatron.
Imininingwane yokuthi yimuphi umthengisi kanye nenani lemali elizosetshenziswa yi-Apple kulo msebenzi ayidalulwanga. Esitatimendeni esithunyelwe eHong Kong Stock Exchange izolo ngabakwaGoldwind, lapho iphinde iveze khona ukuhlangana kwayo ne-Apple, kushiwo ukuthi iphrojekthi ngayinye izoba namabhizinisi ahlanganyelwe, abizwa ngokuthi "ama-joint ventures", ngakho-ke ngeke kuncike noma kuthinte kuphela izimali zikaGoldwind. Bobabili uGoldwind no-Apple bazoba khona ngokulingana "njengoba izindaba ezibalulekile zizodinga ukwamukelwa ngazwi linye kwabaqondisi babo."
I-Apple ibilokhu ingummeli wamandla ahlanzekile nobungani bemvelo ngokujwayelekile. Kulo nyaka ujoyine uhlelo lomhlaba wonke lwe-RE100 lwe-eneji evuselelekayo futhi wenza ukushintshwa kwezikhwama zepulasitiki ezitolo zayo ezidayisa ngezikhwama zamaphepha ezenziwe ngezinto ezingama-80% ezenziwe kabusha. Ukubambisana neGoldwind kuyisinyathelo esisha emizameni ye-Apple yokwethula amandla ahlanzekile ezinhlelweni zokukhiqiza zabalingani bayo abahlinzeka ngakho. Ngonyaka odlule umemezele ukufakwa kwezikhungo zamandla elanga ezingama-megawatt ezingama-200 ezifundeni ezisenyakatho, empumalanga naseningizimu yeChina, kanye nokukhuthaza abalingani abonga ugesi abanjengoFoxconn.