The wind farm is part of IKEA’s pledge of €1.5 billion to renewable energy up to 2015. Ireland’s Mainstream Renewable Power has closed a deal to sell its 7.65MW Carrickeeny wind farm, located in northwest Leitrim, to furniture retailer Ikea. The wind farm is due for completion in 2014, located in Carrickeeny, near Galway on … Continue reading IKEA purchases first wind farm in Ireland
Continue readingTag Archives: Ikea
IKEA Plugs-in South Florida’s Largest Solar Energy System and Becomes State’s Largest Non-Utility Solar Owner, as Company Reaches 80% Solar Presence on Its U.S. Locations
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its South Florida store in the City of Sunrise – which will be the largest solar installation in South Florida and, when combined with IKEA projects already completed atop stores in Orlando and Tampa, will make IKEA the state’s … Continue reading IKEA Plugs-in South Florida’s Largest Solar Energy System and Becomes State’s Largest Non-Utility Solar Owner, as Company Reaches 80% Solar Presence on Its U.S. Locations
Continue reading
REC Solar Expands Across Florida With 5MW of Solar Projects
In July, REC Solar completed installations on IKEA Orlando, IKEA Tampa and the Miami VA Medical Center. Installations on the Bay Pines VA Medical Center and IKEA Sunrise are scheduled for completion by the end of this year. The two IKEA installations represent the 11th and 12th installs that REC Solar has completed on IKEA … Continue reading REC Solar Expands Across Florida With 5MW of Solar Projects
Continue reading
Minnesota’s Largest Solar Array Now Plugged-In Atop IKEA Store
KEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar panels installed at its Twin Cities store in Bloomington, Minnesota – the state’s largest such photovoltaic array. The 128,000-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,014-kW system, built with 4,316 panels. IKEA Bloomington’s program will produce approximately 1,161,328 kWh of clean electricity annually, the … Continue reading Minnesota’s Largest Solar Array Now Plugged-In Atop IKEA Store
Continue reading
IKEA now state’s largest photovoltaic solar power owner
With local officials, community leaders, and solar industry representatives on-hand, IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar panels installed at both its Chicago-area stores – in Bolingbrook and Schaumburg, Illinois – bringing the total number of completed U.S. solar energy projects for IKEA to 25. Additionally, installations are under way … Continue reading IKEA now state’s largest photovoltaic solar power owner
Continue reading
IKEA Powers-up photovoltaic solar energy system`s panels on Atlanta store
IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today officially plugged-in the solar energy system installed at its store in Atlanta, Georgia. The 129,400-square-foot PV array consists of a 1,034.9-kW system, built with 4,312 panels. IKEA Atlanta’s program will produce approximately 1,416,502 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing 977 tons of carbon dioxide … Continue reading IKEA Powers-up photovoltaic solar energy system`s panels on Atlanta store
Continue readingVirginia?s Largest Solar Array Now Plugged-in Atop IKEA Store
IKEA officially plugged-in the photovoltaic solar energy system installed atop its store in Woodbridge, Virginia.
Continue readingSempra In Big Solar Energy Contract
Sempra Energy?ssubsidiary, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and a subsidiary of CSOLAR Development, LLC entered into a contract to build a 150 megawatts (MW) solar power plant.
Continue readingAmerican Wind Energy Association Statement on the 2010 mid-term elections
Proposition 23 would have undone California?s Renewable Portfolio Standard (also known as a Renewable Electricity Standard) and sent us backwards.
Continue readingMichigan Readies as the U.S. Prepares for Electric Vehicles
General Motors and its partners are teaming up to help give Chevrolet Volt buyers more options for charging their electric vehicles with lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingHow Many Energy-Efficient Light Bulbs Does It Take to Close 705 Coal Plants? By Lester R. Brown
The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies.
Continue readingMagnetek maximises wind turbines potential
Magnetek’s E-Force Wind Inverter maximises the potential of wind turbines operating with permanent magnet generators and will be shown at the Windpower 2010 conference and exhibition.
Continue reading
