Wal-Mart solar power initiative showcases California store

Earlier this year, Wal-Mart selected three solar power providers to install solar electric systems on 22 stores in California and Hawaii. The first store is in Santa Ana, CA, and the expected output of all systems is 20 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough to power up to 30% of the California stores’ needs.

Wal-Mart and BP Solar have teamed up to install solar power systems a store in California. Part of a larger solar power pilot project, the first installed system is at a store in Santa Ana, CA, and the expected output of all systems is more than 20 million kilowatt-hours per year, enough to power up to 30% of the California stores’ needs. For a solar power initiative unveiled in May 2007, Wal-Mart announced a major purchase of solar power from three solar power providers, SunEdison LLC, BP Solar, and PowerLight, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, for 22 combined Wal-Mart locations in California and Hawaii, marking its largest step to date in achieving a goal of being supplied by 100 percent renewable energy.

Posted by on 11/16/2007 at 08:10 AM