Washington: America’s top companies are investing in solar in record amounts, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s Solar Means Business 2017 report, released April 19, which tracks on-site commercial solar installations and ranks top corporate solar users.
The report contains data from over 4,000 companies, totaling more than 2.5 gigawatts of solar capacity across approximately 7,400 solar projects.
“To leading companies across America, deploying solar is a common-sense business decision,” said Abigail Ross Hopper, President and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “Large corporations have found that going solar not only benefits the environment, but also their bottom-line, satisfying both shareholders and customers alike.”
Adding more than 40 megawatts of solar in 2017, more than the annual total in 23 U.S. states, Target earned the top spot in the report for the second year in a row. Target now has 204 MW of installed solar capacity.