Target Corp. to Begin Using Solar Power - 4/30/07

Target Corp. is spending millions of dollars to cuts its energy costs and secure a greener image in the process.

The retailer has installed solar panels on the roofs of four of its California retail stores and plans to install similar systems at 14 more locations later this year. The solar-panel systems will generate about 20 percent of those stores' annual energy requirements.

Target has installed solar panels at three stores in the Los Angeles area and another in El Cajon, near San Diego. The company will expand the program to other California stores later this year, including some in the San Francisco Bay area.

"Part of Target's DNA is our commitment to the community, and certainly that ties into the environment as well," spokeswoman Amy von Walter said. "We're known as being an ethical company, and we are very sensitive to meeting green standards as we do business whenever possible." Major investment

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