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IKEA Australia’s’ big blue boxes are turning green – The Australian Financial Review
IKEA is turning its Adelaide store into a clean energy power station, installing solar panels and back-up battery storage so it can feed into the grid.
IKEA Australia country manager Jan Gardberg said the ambitious project, 1.5 years in the making, was not aimed at creating a new revenue stream by selling power back into the grid but was part of IKEA’s global plan to achieve zero-net emissions by 2030.
IKEA, Planet Ark Power and Epic Energy are installing 3025 solar panels on the roof of the retailer’s Adelaide store, backed up by a 3.4MWh on-site battery. Supplied
“The primary thing here is not about selling energy back into the grid but to …
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