Safeway Unveils First Solar-Powered Grocery Store
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.
Safeway Inc., one of the largest retail investors in
renewable energy, announced a new environmental project to power 23 California
stores with renewable solar energy. 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 percent of power usage during the peak hours. The store's
on-site retail fuel station already is powered by wind energy.
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