I suspect that stuff like this, that tends to be more behind the scenes, is what starts separating Apple from all of its competitors operationally. Healthy margins come from low costs
More like they tapped into a nice tax credit. Solar power is hardly worth if on its own merits alone, at least currently.
Yes, I meant keeping their costs lower overall by doing things like taking tax credits and/or grants to get cheap electricity in the longer term.
Solar is definitely not a low cost. It's a cocktail of tax credits and subsidies that make this worthwhile. They shift costs to the state (i.e., people).