Walgreens WAG WAG, the nation's largest drugstore chain,
together with Chicago-based solar developer SoCore Energy, today said they
will build more than 200 new solar installations at Walgreens drugstores
throughout California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey and
New York. This latest expansion will bring the number of completed solar
installations at Walgreens stores to more than 350, making the company the
leading retailer in number of solar powered stores.
The upcoming rollout will produce an estimated 13.5 million kilowatt hours
annually, the equivalent of offsetting the CO2 emissions from the electricity
use of more than 1,400 homes for one year. Included in the rollout is the
Walgreens net-zero energy, LEED Platinum store in Evanston, Ill., which will
feature more than 850 roof-top solar panels.
Walgreens will host the solar arrays, and SoCore Energy will own, operate, and
maintain them. This model has proven to be successful for the two
Illinois-based companies since 2011, when the two collaborated on a 53-store
rollout across the state of Ohio.
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