Top 20 U.S. Companies For Commercial Use Of Solar

A new report reveals the top 20 companies that use solar energy to power their facilities in the U.S. The report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association and the Vote Solar Initiative, ranks the companies on cumulative solar energy capacity.

 

 

Here are the top 20 companies for the use of on-site, deployed solar power capacity in the U.S.:

1. Walmart
2. Costco
3. Kohl’s Department Stores
4. IKEA
5. Macy’s
6. McGraw-Hill
7. Johnson & Johnson
8. Staples Inc.
9. Campbell’s Soup
10. Walgreens
11. Bed, Bath & Beyond
12. Toys ‘R’ Us
13. General Motors
14. FedEx
15. White Rose Foods
16. Dow Jones
17. Snyder’s of Hanover
18. ProLogis
19. Hartz Mountain Industries
20. Crayola.

Other companies that are significant users of solar include Apple, Bloomberg LP, Del Monte Foods, GE, Google, Intel, JC Penny, Kaiser Permanente, Lackland Storage, Lord & Taylor, L’Oreal USA, Mars Snackfood, US Foods LLC, Stop and Shop, Merck, REI, SAS Institute Inc. and Tiffany & Co.

Notably, the top 20 corporate solar users’ installations generate an estimated $47.3 million worth of electricity each year, and the amount of solar installed by the top 20 solar-powered companies could power more than 46,500 average U.S. homes. (Altogether, U.S. commercial solar installations could power more than 390,000 U.S. homes.)

The companies analyzed for this report have deployed more than 700 individual solar photovoltaic systems on their facilities in at least 25 states and Puerto Rico. More than 1.2 million solar PV panels were used for the top 20 corporate solar users’ installations. Combined, these arrays would cover more than 544 acres of rooftops.

Top Companies by Geographic Diversity

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