The 573kW solar power system, built with nearly 2,548 panels, was placed on the 65,000sq ft array.
This investment by IKEA to purchase its own solar photovoltaic energy system and to install and operate it atop the West Sacramento store will lower the carbon intensity of the electrical grid.
Plans are also underway to install systems at four other IKEA locations in California as well as eight more in the eastern US.
IKEA contracted with Gloria Solar, the US operating group focused on the photovoltaic business within the family of E-Ton Solar Group, for the development design and installation of this customized solar power system.
IKEA West Sacramento’s program will produce nearly 795,500kWh of clean electricity annually.
This project is the third IKEA installation in the 70,000 sq m service area of PG&E, the utility providing natural gas and electric service in the US state of California.
