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IKEA Aims for 100% Renewable Energy
Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA has released its 2011 Sustainability Report, which reaffirms the company’s status as a global leader in the increasingly important area of corporate sustainability. The annual report further reveals the company’s commitment to its goal of eventually using 100% renewable energy to power its stores and offices. From September 2010 to August [...]
85% of IKEA Stores Going Solar in U.S
Maybe it seems like we cover IKEA too much at Clean Energy Authority, but to our knowledge there’s no other retailer in the U.S. that has made such a commitment to going solar. And last week, the company announced that nearly 85 percent of its locations in the U.S. are going solar. Just this past [...]
IKEA: The New PV+EV Leader
We’re not quite sure why IKEA hasn’t publicized the PV + EV math that’s adding up to more and more U.S. IKEA outlets with both solar power and EV charging stations. And, frankly, we can’t tell you with precision which of the more than 40 IKEAs/ IKEA distribution centers in the U.S. have both PV [...]
All Southern IKEA Stores to go Solar
Retail chain IKEA announced today that all operations in the southern US will be powered by rooftop solar, amounting to a total of 10.7 megawatts (MW) across 9 stores and a distribution center. IKEA already has solar PV at 12 stores in the U.S. After its southern stores add solar, the company will have solar PV at [...]
Majority of IKEA Stores to be Solar by 2012
The Swedish furniture giant IKEA recently announced that three more of its stores plan to go solar by Spring 2012, bringing the total number of IKEA locations with solar to 23—the company has 38 stores in the U.S. The company announced a trio of new planned solar installations earlier in November. While IKEA said the [...]
IKEA + Electric Vehices in Southern California
IKEA-USA a leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in four Blink Pedestal electric vehicle charging stations at its Carson, California store as part of its partnership with ECOtality, Inc., a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies. This initiativerepresents the second such project for IKEA in the United States. Installation also is planned at [...]
3 Retailers Going Solar Big Time $WMT $WAG
Retailers around the country are beginning to invest in clean energy sources and are setting great examples for homeowners and businesses to do the same. By going solar, retailers are showing the rest of the country the opportunity we have to invest in clean energy sources to save on costs, create jobs, and ultimately protect [...]
IKEA: Thriving for Complete Energy Independence
We noticed before that furniture giant IKEA was installing solar at six stores in the U.S., but we had no idea that their ambition was so grand. “The direction of travel for us is 100 percent renewable,” said chief sustainability officer, Steve Howard. “We’re likely to hit 70 to 80 percent by 2015.” Wow! As [...]
IKEA Takes Solar to Costa Mesa
After announcing in October 2010 plans power eight of its stores and warehouses throughout Californiawith solar energy, the Swedish furniture and home product retailer IKEAmade it known last week that it isn’t done yet. As reported by the Daily Pilot, IKEA has recently applied for a permit to install solar panels at itsCosta Mesa store [...]