Wal-Mart Strikes Deal With Duke Energy to Use Wind Power at Stores - washingtonpost.com
Wal-Mart has signed a contract to help power hundreds of its stores using wind energy, one of the largest investments in the field by a U.S. retailer.Will Duke Energy ensure that each of the stores will actually receive 15% of its electricity from this particular wind farm? If sufficient wind isn't blowing in Notrees, Tex, will these stores lose 15% of their lighting?
The four-year agreement with Duke Energy is expected to provide up to 226 million kilowatt-hours of power each year to about 360 stores and distribution centers in Texas, about 15 percent of the total electricity used.
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Wal-Mart declined to disclose the amount of the contract, but Saylors-Laster said the company would not pay more for renewable energy than it does for traditional energy sources.
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The wind power for Wal-Mart's stores will be supplied by a wind farm under construction in Notrees, Tex., Marks said. The farm is expected to begin producing energy in the spring. [Via The Chilling Effect]
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According to the Dallas Business Journal, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. recently purchased wind energy to power approximately 360 stores and other facilities across Texas.
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