Friday, August 3, 2012

IKEA Plugs-in Solar Panels at Dallas-Area Store in Frisco, TX As Company Progresses Towards Being State's Largest Solar Owner via MarketWatch

IKEA, the world's leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its Dallas-area store in Frisco, Texas - which, when combined with projects completed in Houston and underway in Round Rock, make IKEA the state's largest private solar owner. IKEA Frisco's 114,000-square-foot photovoltaic (PV) array consists of a 912-kW system, built with 3,780 panels, and will produce approximately 1,336,300 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing 1,016 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2), eliminating the emissions of 181 cars or powering 115 homes yearly (calculating clean energy equivalents at www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-resources/calculator.html ).

Read more...IKEA Plugs-in Solar Panels at Dallas-Area Store in Frisco, TX As Company Progresses Towards Being State's Largest Solar Owner - MarketWatch

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