Safeway To Install Solar Power Panels On 23 Stores - 9/15/07

Safeway plans to power 23 California stores with solar energy. The company installed solar panels atop a newly renovated Safeway Lifestyle store in Dublin, California and plans to extend the program to nearly two dozen stores as part of a broader renewable energy initiative.The Dublin store’s solar unit is currently generating electricity to power the 55,000 sq. retail facility.

Solar equipment at the Dublin Safeway store and other planned locations will produce approximately 7,500 megawatt hours of electricity per year, enough to provide 20 percent of the stores’ average power usage and up to 48% of power usage during the peak hours. The entire Dublin Safeway facility utilizes renewable energy. The store’s on-site retail fuel station already is powered by wind energy.

The 23-store solar program will remove 10.4 million pounds of CO2 from the air, the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the road annually or planting 4,000 acres of pine trees.

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