IKEA Plugs-in Expanded Solar Panel Array at Boston-Area Store
The Solar Expansion Sits Atop a 58,575-Square-Foot Store Extension Completed Last Summer
STOUGHTON, Mass. — IKEA has officially plugged-in an expanded solar energy array atop its Boston-area store that opened nine years ago in Stoughton, Massachusetts. The 51,516-square-foot solar panel addition consists of a 318-kW system built with 1,248 panels, and will produce 385,900 kWh more electricity annually for the store. This solar expansion sits atop a 58,575-square-foot store extension completed last summer. Now, IKEA Stoughton’s total 908.8-kW solar installation of 5,468 panels will generate 1,080,900 kWh of clean electricity yearly.
For the development, design, and installation of this store’s enhanced solar power system, IKEA contracted with Gehrlicher Solar America Corp., a leading solar energy system integrator in the Americas and a company of the multinational M+W Group.