Wal-Mart to Power Texas Stores with Wind

Wal-Mart to Power Texas Stores with Wind
November 21, 2008

In a move to become a more sustainable business, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has signed a contract to help power hundreds of its stores using wind energy, one of the largest such investments by a U.S. retailer, according to The Washington Post. The four-year agreement with Charlotte, N.C.-based 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. The company said this will result in the reduction of about 139,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The wind power for Wal-Mart's stores will be supplied by a wind farm under construction in Notrees, Texas, said David Marks, senior vice president for wind energy at Duke. He added that the farm is expected to begin producing energy in the spring.

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