Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market, the world’s largest natural and organic supermarket, has installed an integrated on-site solar electric power and lighting system in a Berkeley, California store.
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The move, says Whole FOods, makes it “the nation’s first major food retailer to introduce solar energy as its primary lighting power source”.
To introduce the 33kW solar electric system, Whole Foods teamed up with Princeton Energy Systems, PowerLight Corporation, a manufacturer of commercial-scale solar electric products, and Nextek Power Systems.
“As a company actively looking for ways to help preserve our planet’s natural resources, natural solar powered lighting systems made sense both from an economic and an environmental standpoint,” said Ron Megahan, regional president of Whole Foods: “Most importantly, this initiative is helping us to further our corporate mission of preserving the environment by promoting clean energy.
“We are looking forward to sharing this technology with other stores throughout the country as we continue to strive to find energy from renewable clean sources.”
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