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Kohl's to Expand Solar Power Program to Oregon

Posted on: Thursday, 7 August 2008, 09:00 CDT

Department store operator Kohl's has announced that it will expand its solar program to a sixth state, Oregon, with plans to convert four of its nine stores to solar power. In addition to Oregon, Kohl's has solar projects underway in California, Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey and Wisconsin.

The company said that solar panel installation will begin in August 2008 at the Hillsboro store, the first Kohl's location scheduled for solar power in the state. Planning is underway to convert three additional Oregon stores to solar power. On average, solar panels will provide about 25% of each store's energy. When complete, the four Oregon installations will collectively provide up to 900kW of power and are expected to produce up to 1 million kWh of energy per year.

Over the 20-year life of the program, the solar energy produced is expected to offset 12.9 million pounds of CO2, which is enough energy to power 1,682 households in Oregon annually or the equivalent of taking 1,255 cars off the road for a year.

Ken Bonning, executive vice president of logistics for Kohl's, said: "Kohl's strives to be an environmentally responsible retailer. The addition of Oregon to our solar program demonstrates our continued desire to use cleaner energy and reduce our carbon footprint."

Source: Datamonitor

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