Items Tagged with "Solar Power"
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Kohl's and Whole Foods Named EPA Green Power Partners of the Year
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) named retailers Kohl’s and Whole Foods Market as winners of the agency’s 10th annual Green Power Leadership awards.The EPA honored 18 Green Power Partners in four categories: Green Power Partners, Green Power Purchasing, On-Site Generation,
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Macy's Develops New Solar Construction
Macy’s began construction on a 3.5-megawatt high-efficiency solar power system on the roof of its online fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz.The system, slated for completion next March, will deliver the equivalent of 70 percent of the electricity demand of the 600,000-square-foot facility, a
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Walmart Canada Opens its First Sustainable Distribution Center
Walmart Canada opened its first sustainable fresh food distribution center that will be an estimated 60 percent more energy-efficient than the company’s traditional refrigerated centers.The retailer, which expects a savings of approximately $4.8 million in energy costs over five years, has inv
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Fresh & Easy to Install Water Conservation Technology and Solar Power
El Segundo, Calif.-based Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market has selected evandtec Inc.’s new EnviroTower cooling water conditioning system to reduce water consumption in their stores by up to 50 percent.The cooling water treatment system will be incorporated into all 88 existing Fresh &
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IKEA Expands Solar Power to East Coast Stores
IKEA plans to install solar energy panels on two East Coast stores beginning this month, which will bet the largest store-top solar installations for IKEA in the U.S.The two stores, slated for completion this spring, are located in Paramus, N.J. and Stoughton, Mass., and will bring the total number
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7-Eleven to Install More Efficient Lights to Stem Anticipated Power Shortages
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. plans to install power-saving in-store and signboard lights at 5,000 convenience stores across the country as part of a $122 million program to manage anticipated power shortages this summer.The power shortages are primarily expected in eastern and northeastern regions of Japa
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Macy's Steps Up Sustainability Actions
Macy's unveiled a series of new steps in its sustainability drive including adopting black hangers, piloting electric vehicle charging stations, joining Recyclebank, and continuing solar power and LED light bulb programs.In fall 2011, Macy's will begin using matte black hangers for most apparel merc
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Ikea Powers Up Solar Energy in New York
The solar energy system at Ikea’s home furnishings store in Brooklyn, N.Y. is now commissioned, operational and certified by Con Edison and New York City.As one of the largest commercial rooftop installations in the five boroughs of New York City, the 200 kW array occupies 19,000-square feet,
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Toys R Us to Install Largest Rooftop Solar Power System in North America
Toys R Us plans to add the largest rooftop solar power installation in North America to its distribution center in Flanders, N.J.Upon completion this summer, the 5.38 megawatt on-site solar mechanism will occupy 869,294 square feet of space and is estimated to generate 72 percent of the distribution
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Ikea Powers Up Solar Power System in Second California Facility
Ikea plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in East Palo Alto, Calif., which features 38,000-square-foot array and 1,344 solar panels.The 302-kW system, will produce approximately 427,900 kWh of clean electricity annually – the equivalent of reducing 326 tons of carbon dioxi
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Ikea Powers Up Third California Solar Location
Ikea powered up the solar energy system installed at its store in West Sacramento, Calif., making this the third California solar energy installation for the home furnishings retailer. The 65,000-square-foot array – which consists of a 573-kW system, built with approximately 2,548 panels -- wi
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Ikea Turns on Solar Power in California, Buys Scottish Wind Farm
Ikea plugged in the solar energy system installed at its store in Costa Mesa, Calif., a 30,000-square-foot array consisting of a 248-kW system, built with approximately 1,078 panels.The system at this store will produce approximately 353,800 kWh of clean electricity annually, and is the ninth comple
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San Diego Ikea Turns on Solar Power
Ikea’s San Diego, Calif., store officially plugged in its 252-kilowatt solar energy system featuring a 30,000-square-foot array.The system, which was built with 1,120 solar panels, will produce approximately 366,400 kilowatt hours (kWh) of clean electricity annually, lowering the carbon intens
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Fresh & Easy Turns on Solar Power in Phoenix
Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market on Glendale Avenue in Phoenix switched on a 39-kilowatt solar energy installation, making this the 11 solar powered store operated by the 177-store chain.The systems will produce 746,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity annually, according to a statement by RE
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Ikea Plugs in Another California Solar Powered Store
Ikea officially plugged in the solar energy system installed at its East Bay store in Emeryville, Calif., which features a 68,000-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array.The array consists a 538-kW system, built with approximately 2,394 panels, which will produce approximately 760,300 kWh of clean ele
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Solar Costs Drop 28 Percent Since 2009
The installed cost of solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems in the U.S. fell substantially in 2010 and into the first half of 2011, according to the latest edition of an annual PV cost tracking report released by the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).T
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Walgreens Opens 100th Solar Powered Store
Walgreens will celebrate its 100th solar powered store in Mason, Ohio, Friday with a ceremony and special guest speaker, Nancy Sutley, chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality.By the end of the year, Walgreen’s expects to add another 36 solar powered retail locations in Ohio f
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Walmart to Convert Most California Stores to Solar Power
Walmart plans to install solar panels on as many as 60 additional stores in California, expanding solar energy to more than 75 percent of its stores in the state.California is the first state in the nation where Walmart has devoted this level of commitment to renewable energy.“California prese
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Ikea to Add Solar Power to Three More Stores
Ikea plans to install solar energy panels at three more U.S. locations in Draper, Utah; New Haven, Conn., and Portland, Ore.Pending governmental permits, rooftop installations of the nearly 10,000 total panels will begin next year and are slated for completion by next spring, generating 3,156 MWh of
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K-V-A-T to Utilize Solar Panel Technology
K-V-A-T Food Stores plans to install solar panels at a Tennessee Food City location as it seeks more efficient and environmentally-friendly ways to fuel its stores.“We are continually researching, testing and investing in proven technology to reduce our energy consumption,” says Steven C
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Ikea to Grow Solar Presence to 75 Percent of U.S. Store Base
Ikea says it plans to install solar energy panels on 10 additional United States locations – its entire presence in the Southern U.S.Ikea already has 12 U.S. solar energy systems operational with 11 more underway. Adding solar to 10 more locations increases the company’s solar presence t
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Ikea Rolls Out Solar Panels to Midwest Stores
Home furnishings retailer Ikea plans to install solar energy panels on five more U.S. stores, all of them in the Midwest.Implementation of these projects will extend Ikea’s solar presence to nearly 85 percent of its U.S. locations. Pending governmental permits, installation can begin this wint
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Alternative Energy: Walk Before You Run
By Jesse LaRoseKohl’s Department Stores is widely recognized as a retail leader in nearly all aspects of sustainability. They are an award-winning partner of several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) programs, but one area where Kohl’s has pulled away from the rest of the pack i
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Ikea Powers Up Solar Panels at Maryland Store
Home furnishings retailer Ikea officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in College Park, Md..The 148,200-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,196-kW system, built with 4,984 solar panels. The store will produce approximately 1,571,800 kWh of clean electricity annually, th
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Giant Installs Solar Panels at Two Pennsylvania Stores
Giant Food Stores, an Ahold banner, has installed roof-mounted solar photovoltaic systems that are operational at two Pennsylvania storesThe newly built Lancaster location on 1605 Lititz Pike has 1,111 solar panels on its rooftop, and the system will generate 13 percent of the store’s an
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Sainsbury's Rolls Out Ambitious Solar Power Program
Through the installation of photovoltaic solar panels at many of its stores, Sainsbury’s now generates 7.0 megawatts-peak (MWp) of electricity, enough to power 2,000 homes for a year.This milestone follows the installation of solar panels at 115 Sainsbury's supermarkets in the U.K., which tran
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Michaels Rolls Out Siemens' Enhanced Energy Management Platform
Michaels Stores Inc., the largest arts and crafts retailer in the U.S., rolled out a series of Siemens advanced extensions to its energy management system.Since deploying the Siemens system in 2006, Michaels has seen substantial reductions in energy consumption across its 1,000 stores. The addition
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Walgreens Reaffirms Commitment to Sustainability
Walgreens affirmed its commitment to environmental sustainability, innovative technology and renewable energy initiatives during Earth Week, and touted its leadership in solar power installations and electric vehicle (EV) charging stations.The drugstore chain currently has 134 solar panel installati
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Walmart Plans 27 Solar Projects in Massachusetts
Walmart plans to install solar arrays on the rooftops of 27 Massachusetts stores beginning at the end of the summer, which would have a total capacity of 10.5 megawatts of energy, according to a Boston Globe report.Walmart operates approximately 50 stores in Massachusettes. The photovoltaic arrays a
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Ikea to Add Solar to Two Distribution Centers
Ikea said it plans to install solar energy panels on two more of its U.S., both of them distribution centers on the East Coast.nstallation will occur this summer on the distribution centers in Perryville, Md., and Westampton, N.J. Both projects will rank among the largest commercial rooftop solar i
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Ikea Powers Up Solar Energy System Panels at Orlando Store
Ikea officially plugged in the solar energy system installed at its store in Orlando, Fla., that features a 120,900-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array.The system consists of a 967-kW system, built with 4,115 panels. The Ikea Orlando’s program will produce approximately 1,421,500 kWh of clean
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Ikea Powers Up New Solar Arrays in Four States
Home furnishings retailer Ikea has plugged solar energy systems in at four stores in Canton, Mich., Woodbridge, Va., Tampa, Fla., and Houston, with the location in Michigan being the largest photovoltaic (PV) array in the state.The 122,200-square-foot array in Canton consists of a 977.6-kW system, b
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Ikea Turns on Solar Power at Five More Stores
This week Ikea plugged-in the solar panels installed at both its Chicago-area stores – in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg, Ill. – as well as store in Pittsburgh, Atlanta and Draper, Utah.This brings the retailer’s total number of completed U.S. solar energy projects to 25. Addition inst
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Ikea Plugs in Minnesota's Largest Solar Array
Ikea has plugged in solar power at its store in Bloomington, Minn., which now houses the state’s largest photovoltaic (PV) array.The 128,000-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,014-kW system, built with 4,316 panels. The store will produce approximately 1,161,328 kWh of clean electricity ann
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Big Box Retailers Top U.S. Commercial Solar Users List
... annually. The amount of solar installed by the Top 20 solar-powered companies could power more than 46,500 average American homes. The companies analyzed for this report have deployed more than 700 individual solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on their facilities in at least 25 states and Pu
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Ikea Plugs in Solar Power at Savannah Distribution Center
Ikea plugged in the solar energy system installed at its distribution center near Savannah, Ga., – the state’s largest private solar rooftop array.The 182,300-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array consists of a 1,458.2 kW system built with 6,076 solar panels. The distribution center will p
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Ahold Takes Steps to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Carlisle, Pa.-based Ahold USA has been working diligently to reduce its carbon footprint, purchasing more than 149 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually.hold USA buys renewable energy certificates (RECs) from 3Degrees and also generates green power from its on-site renewable energy sy
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Wakefern's New Jersey DC to Install Solar Power
Wakefern Food Corp., operator of ShopRite grocery stores, has begun work on the installation of a rooftop solar system at its distribution center in Keasbey, N.J.The 2.4-megawatt solar system will supply power to a refrigerated warehouse, helping lower Wakefern’s long-term electricity costs an
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Kohl's Activates Its Largest Solar Project
Kohl’s Department Stores has activated its largest solar project at its million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment center (EFC) in Edgewood, Md.The facility’s 2.4 MW, 8,360-panel rooftop solar array will generate more than 3 million kWh of electricity annually and provide more than 40 pe
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Ikea Reaches 80 Percent Solar Presence With Florida Store Plug In
Ikea officially plugged in the solar energy system installed at its South Florida store in the City of Sunrise, which now makes it the state’s largest non-utility solar owner when combined with its Orlando and Tampa stores.The 101,774-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array consists of a 1,057-kW
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Walmart Expands Solar Installations to Ohio, Hawaii
Walmart has worked with SolarCity to install solar panels on 12 Walmart stores and Sam’s Clubs throughout Ohio, which will add approximately six million kilowatts of generation production.Store manager Stan Miller stands on top of Walmart 3784 in Franklin, Ohio.The solar installations are expe
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Walgreens Sets Goal to Build Nation's First Net Zero Energy Retail Store
Walgreens announced plans to build what it believes will be the nation's first net-zero energy retail store, which engineers predict will produce energy equal to or greater than it consumes.The drug store chain said it plans to achieve net-zero energy by utilizing solar panels, wind turbines, geothe
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Americans Want More Solar, Wind, Natural Gas Energy
Two in three Americans want the United States to put more emphasis on producing domestic energy using solar power, wind and natural gas, according to a Gallup Poll conducted in March.Seventy six percent said they want an increased focus on solar power, 712 percent on wind and 65 percent on natural g
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Walgreens Expands Solar Power to Colorado Stores
Walgreens is expanding its renewable energy initiative to Colorado with SolarCity, which will implement solar systems at 22 stores in 14 different cities in the coming months.“A strong commitment to the local community is one of our company’s core values,” said Menno Enters, direct
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Ikea Completes Maryland's Largest Rooftop Solar Array
Ikea officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its distribution center in Perryville, Md., which will produce approximately 3.4 million kWh of clean electricity annuallyThe 768,972-square-foot photovoltaic array consists of a 2,674.9-kW system, built with 18,576 panels, and is the s
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Staples Unveils Solar Power Installation at Global Headquarters
Staples and SunEdison today unveiled a solar power installation at the retailer’s global headquarters in Framingham, Mass.The project is Staples’ 37th solar array, and the installation brings the company’s use of solar power to a total of nearly 14 megawatts across its U.S. operati
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Ikea's New Jersey Distribution Center Plugs in Solar Energy System
Ikea’s plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its distribution center in Westampton, N.J., a 498,187-square-foot photovoltaic array.The 2,247.2-kW rooftop system is built with 15,606 solar panels. The distribution center will produce approximately 2,708,740 kWh of clean electricity an
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Ikea Surpasses 85 Percent Solar Presence at U.S. Locations
Ikea officially plugged in the solar energy system at its Stoughton, Mass., store, which represents the 38th completed solar project for the retailer in the United States, or 85 percent of its U.S. stores.With one more location underway, Ikea’s eventual U.S. solar presence will be 90 percent o
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