Ikea Turns on Solar Power at Five More Stores

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July 26, 2012

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 installations are under way at 14 more stores.

The two Chicago area projects total 248,700 square feet and generating capacity of 1,989 kW, and were built with 8,463 panels. They represent the two largest distributed arrays in Illinois, making Ikea the state’s largest solar owner. Ikea contracted with Chicago-based SoCore Energy on the project.

The Pittsburgh-area store in Robinson Township, Pa., turned on an 86,800-square-foot photovoltaic array (PV) consists of a 694-kW system, built with 2,884 panels.
Since 2000, Ikea Pittsburgh hosted a 31kW power purchase agreement array that was removed to facilitate installation of the new system, owned and operated by Ikea. The retailer partnered with REC Solar for the development, design and installation of the system.

In Atlanta, the 129,400-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,034.9-kW system, built with 4,312 panels, developed, designed and installed Gehrlicher Solar America Corp.

The Draper, Utah location is the state’s largest private commercial solar project. The 180,500-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,015-kW system, built with 4,228 panels, and was developed and installed by REC Solar Inc.

Ikea owns and operates each of its solar PV energy systems atop its buildings – as opposed to a solar lease or power purchase agreements.

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