Feb. 15, 2013: With New Florida Store System, IKEA Becomes State’s Largest Non-Utility Solar Owner
SUNRISE, Fla. — IKEA announced that it has officially plugged in the solar energy system installed at its store in Sunrise, Fla., which will be the largest solar installation in south Florida and, when combined with IKEA projects already completed at stores in Orlando and Tampa, will make IKEA the state’s largest non-utility solar owner.
The 101,774-square-foot solar PV array at the Sunrise store is a 1,057-kW system, built with 4,368 panels. IKEA Sunrise’s store will produce approximately 1,554,600 kWh of clean electricity annually, the equivalent of reducing 1,181 tons of carbon dioxide.