It was larger than I remember. it wa Whole Food that is doing 24 % of it's
power with Solar and it was in 2002 that it went in.
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/issues/greenaction/solarpower.html
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Grocery Chain Tesco USA To Install World's Largest Solar Roofing System
Covering 500,000 Square Feet
01/24/2007
LONDON, UK, AND LOS ANGELES, CA -- Solar Integrated Technologies, Inc., a
provider of integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems, has won a $13
million contract from Tesco, the fourth-largest retail chain in the world, for
a 2 MW roofing system to be installed at Tesco USA's distribution center under
construction in Riverside, California.
The 2 MW of Solar Integrated's innovative BIPV roofing system will be
installed on two of the five distribution center buildings and will cover
500,000 square feet of the 640,000 square footage of roof space. The project is
expected to be completed in 2007.
"We believe this will be the largest roof-mounted solar installation in
the world," stated R. Randall MacEwen, Solar Integrated's President and Chief
Executive Officer. "We are thrilled to partner with Tesco USA on their exciting
entry into the U.S. market. Our BIPV roofing system at this distribution center
will produce over 2.6 million kilowatt hours per annum, provide a fifth of the
depot's power supply, and save 1,200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each
year."
Tesco was founded in London in 1919 by Jack Cohen and started as a market
stall, with the first store opening in 1929. The company is expanding into the
United States.
