Ikea Turns On Solar Power at Five More Stores

SHARE: Email Print LinkedIn Facebook Twitter 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 retailers 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 states largest solar owner. Ikea contracted with Chicago-based SoCore