table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNExkD8gA_Hk3rgE04V2X_7_NNo-HQamp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/22/ikea-solar-panels-lead-big-boxes_n_1221376.htmlbIkea bSolar Panels/b Shadow Other Big Box bRetailers/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fHuffington Post/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Wal-Mart has snagged the spotlight for such renewable benergy/b systems rooftop in recent years, but global furnishings mega-bretailer/b Ikea has so far out-paced Wally World big time in gearing up with bsolar/b. To wit: Wal-Mart has so far concentrated its b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dEig3iDgMcdRs-Mamp;ned=usnobrb/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNETxbqFqYff7etNSlJWL1LPvmRITAamp;url=http://www.solarnovus.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D4237:solar-in-the-mainstream%26catid%3D63:business-features%26Itemid%3D242img src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/8Om6al7xCBwc7M/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Solar Novus Today/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNETxbqFqYff7etNSlJWL1LPvmRITAamp;url=http://www.solarnovus.com/index.php?option%3Dcom_content%26view%3Darticle%26id%3D4237:solar-in-the-mainstream%26catid%3D63:business-features%26Itemid%3D242bbSolar/b in the Mainstream/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fSolar Novus Today/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Then there are the rooftops of some of our favourite bretailers/b. IKEA, for example, which has 330 stores in 40 countries, has committed to solar in a big way. Of its US stores 85% are currently scheduled to have bsolar panels/b, with a total generating b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dSLFYIpeKnKQbPMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNEwcXKNWBJL9O1laIP7tVZQFjg35gamp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ikea-solar-presence-in-us-approaches-85-with-plans-to-install-solar-panels-on-five-locations-in-midwestern-us-2012-01-12bIKEA Solar Presence in US Approaches 85% with Plans to Install bSolar Panels/b on b/b/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fMarketWatch (press release)/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa., Jan 12, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IKEA, the world#39;s leading home furnishings bretailer/b, today announced plans to install bsolar energy/b panels on five more of its United States locations -- all of them in the Midwestern US Pending b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dTp-QWS0YZVaWCMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
table border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=7 style=vertical-align:top;trtd width=80 align=center valign=topfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifa href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFhUyWbCiApphDs4U6CTjbgbpZafwamp;url=http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/img src=//nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/xLoUKHgUJVaNUM/6.jpg alt= border=1 width=80 height=80 /br /font size=-2Environmental Leader/font/a/font/tdtd valign=top class=jfont style=font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serifbr /div style=padding-top:0.8em;img alt= height=1 width=1 //divdiv class=lha href=http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tamp;fd=Ramp;usg=AFQjCNFhUyWbCiApphDs4U6CTjbgbpZafwamp;url=http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/01/walmart-rockets-from-15th-to-third-on-epa-green-power-rankings/bWalmart Rockets from 15th to Third in EPA Green bPower/b Rankings/b/abr /font size=-1bfont color=#6f6f6fEnvironmental Leader/font/b/fontbr /font size=-1Walmart has shot to third place on the EPA#39;s rankings of the country#39;s top green bpower/b purchasers, from 15 th place just last quarter. The Green bPower/b Partnership ranking, for the bretailer#39;s/b Texas and California facilities alone, pushes Whole Foods b/b/fontbr /font size=-1 class=p/fontbr /font class=p size=-1a class=p href=http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dmGiASU3-iu_fsMamp;ned=usnobrband morenbsp;raquo;/b/nobr/a/font/div/font/td/tr/table
