This is really big news for Solarcity. The granola eating hipsters at Whole Foods inked a deal to retrofit 100 of their grass fed stores with Solarcities panels. More importantly, and this goes without saying, this could lead the way towards retrofitting all 431 stores.
If successful at Whole Foods, I could see Howard Shultz from Starbucks getting shamed, with his enormous carbon footprint, into doing a similar deal.
Via Briefing.com
The plan aims to increase the production of solar power and offset some need for traditional grid power while helping Whole Foods Market (WFM) save money.
In total, WFM plans to retrofit up to 100 stores with rooftop solar. SolarCity, America’s #1 solar power provider, will deliver solar power services for many stores across the Whole Foods Market portfolio, in locations such as Connecticut, New Jersey and New York. SolarCity will custom design each solar power system to maximize the amount of grid power offset and expects to begin installation this spring.
SCTY is up on the news.
