Kohl’s Department Stores to Convert More Than 50 East Coast Locations to Solar Power

May 12, 2008 – Vol.13 No.8

Kohl’s Department Stores to Convert More Than 50 East Coast Locations to Solar Power.

With the installations in New Jersey, Connecticut and Maryland, the distributed solar power program becomes the world’s largest among retailers. The solar stores on the East Coast will represent 80 percent of Kohl’s locations in these three states. Currently Kohl’s operates 34 stores in New Jersey, 17 in Connecticut and 16 in Maryland.

Initial construction for the East Coast solar conversions began in January. On average, solar panels provide 30 percent of a store’s annual energy, or enough to power 54 homes annually. The total East Coast program is expected to offset 370 million pounds of carbon dioxide (CO2) over the 20-year program and is equivalent to removing more than 36,200 cars from the road for one year.

Kohl’s has converted more than 25 of its 88 California locations to solar power with plans to activate approximately 50 additional sites in the state. Solar installations are also under way at three Wisconsin locations, and Kohl’s hopes to add other states to its growing solar offering before year-end.

Kohl’s Department Stores, based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operates 957 stores in 47 US states. (5/12/08)

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