CleanTechnica » ikea http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 IKEA & Hanergy Expand Residential Solar Offer To Switzerland http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/ikea-hanergy-expand-residential-solar-offer-switzerland/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/ikea-hanergy-expand-residential-solar-offer-switzerland/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2014 09:44:08 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76481 IKEA recently expanded from selling solar panels produced by Hanergy in the UK and the Netherlands to a partnership with Hanergy in Switzerland. The residential solar panel offering launched in Spreitenbach, Switzerland earlier this month. Hanergy specializes in “next-generation” thin-film solar panel technology. The IKEA & Hanergy press release points out this is a first for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/18/ikea-hanergy-expand-residential-solar-offer-switzerland/feed/ 1 Solar Powered Cars, Top Solar Stocks (+ Other Solar Stories) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:50:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76426 In case you just can’t get enough solar news, analysis, and commentary, here’s a big link drop of good solar stories we haven’t already covered on CleanTechnica. Solar powered cars, solar trees, top solar stocks, and much, much more. Enjoy! Fun Solar EV Charging Rocks, But Which Option To Choose? Solar Trees For Solar-Powered EVs Solar

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/16/solar-powered-cars-solar-news-3/feed/ 0 IKEA Group Purchases 165 MW Wind Farm In Texas — Largest Renewable Energy Investment Made By IKEA To Date http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/ikea-group-purchases-165-mw-wind-farm-texas-largest-renewable-energy-investment-made-ikea-date/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/ikea-group-purchases-165-mw-wind-farm-texas-largest-renewable-energy-investment-made-ikea-date/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2014 12:52:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75615 The IKEA Group has purchased a 165 MW wind farm in Cameron County, Texas, according to recent reports. This marks the second time that the group has purchased a wind farm in the United States from Apex Clean Energy, and represents the biggest renewable energy investment made the group to date, worldwide. Given IKEA’s massive

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/29/ikea-group-purchases-165-mw-wind-farm-texas-largest-renewable-energy-investment-made-ikea-date/feed/ 5 IKEA To Sell Solar Panels In Stores In The Netherlands http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/ikea-sell-solar-panels-stores-netherlands/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/ikea-sell-solar-panels-stores-netherlands/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:29:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=74221 The multinational furniture giant IKEA will soon begin selling residential solar panels in its stores in the Netherlands, as per recent reports. The move is part of a new partnership between the thin-film module manufacturer Hanergy and IKEA. The solar panels will at first only be offered in the Haarlem region — but availability will then be

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/30/ikea-sell-solar-panels-stores-netherlands/feed/ 11 Corporations With Most New Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:27:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73618 Solar Love. US commercial solar energy continues gaining steam, with Walmart leading the way in terms of total installed solar power capacity (despite recent criticism for funding anti-solar organizations). The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has just come out with its third annual Solar Means Business report, showcasing the most recent trends in corporate use

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/18/corporations-new-solar/feed/ 5 New California Solar Record, Solarboxes In London… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/#comments Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:47:01 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72904 Here’s some top solar news from around the internet for your weekend reading pleasure. London telephone boxes are being turned into “solarboxes.” (Planetsave) California solar has hit a new power output record, and pretty late in the year! (Solar Love) The state of New York is providing $750 million for a large solar factory from

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/04/new-california-solar-record-solarboxes-london-solar-news/feed/ 1 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize Finalists Announced http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/2015-zayed-future-energy-prize-finalists-announced/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/2015-zayed-future-energy-prize-finalists-announced/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:30:38 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72602 It is only a few months till the 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize awards ceremony, and selection committee has just selected and announced the finalists. Included in this final pick are 5 nonprofit organizations, 3 SMEs, 4 large corporations, and 14 high schools… as well as 5 highly regarded (however, unannounced) contenders for the Lifetime Achievement Award. So

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/30/2015-zayed-future-energy-prize-finalists-announced/feed/ 0 Can REthinking Power Generation Create A Renewable Energy Future? http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2014 19:59:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71824 Plummeting renewable energy prices mean we still have time to prevent dangerous climate change, but it's crunch time for action, according to a new report

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/11/can-rethinking-power-generation-create-renewable-energy-future/feed/ 1 Chinese Solar Panel Production To Double, Big Corporations Going Solar… (Solar News) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2014 20:52:09 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71634 More solar news for you solar lovers: Chinese solar panel production is projected to double by 2017. (sustainablog) Apple, Verizon, Google, UPS, Walmart, Kohl’s, IKEA, GM… there are a lot of big corporations investing in solar now. Remember, corporations are primarily aimed at financial profits. Put 1 and 1 together. (Solar Love) Hawaii is aiming to

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/09/history-of-solar-solar-news/feed/ 2 IKEA Gets Unsubsidized Rooftop Solar Power Plant In Italy http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/ikea-gets-unsubsidized-rooftop-solar-power-plant-italy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/ikea-gets-unsubsidized-rooftop-solar-power-plant-italy/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 14:10:13 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67110 When it comes to clean energy, I don’t think there’s a non-cleantech company that deserves more love than IKEA. IKEA is the clear leader in renewable energy by many relative terms (installed renewable energy per acre of rooftop, per $1 of revenue, per store, etc). So, it’s not surprising to find out that IKEA is one

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/ikea-gets-unsubsidized-rooftop-solar-power-plant-italy/feed/ 4 “FOLKVÄNLIG” — IKEA Electric Bike http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/folkvanlig-ikea-electric-bike/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/folkvanlig-ikea-electric-bike/#comments Wed, 21 May 2014 10:50:57 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67056 Originally published on Gas2. Swedish furniture maker IKEA has grown to include solar panels in select stores, and now it is adding electric bikes to its maze-like aisles as well. Two IKEA stores in Vienna, Austria will begin selling the FOLKVÄNLIG electric bicycle at a cost of €749, or about $1,023 dollars at today’s exchange rate.

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/21/folkvanlig-ikea-electric-bike/feed/ 13 A Solar Commitment, From The White House To America http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/solar-commitment-white-house-america/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/solar-commitment-white-house-america/#comments Fri, 09 May 2014 21:39:29 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66637 Originally published by the ECOreport. Amidst a flurry of energy announcements, the White House also released a video called “The Solar Panels” today. The video was the backdrop to a series of announcements made today. A solar commitment, from the White House to America. “Solar panels in the White House are a really important message,”

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/solar-commitment-white-house-america/feed/ 8 White House Finally Gets Its Solar Panels… Again (VIDEO) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/#comments Fri, 09 May 2014 17:46:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66612 The White House video above doesn’t note that President Jimmy Carter put solar panels on the White House decades ago that were later removed by the Reagan administration, but I guess they didn’t want to get too political with that. It is nice that the Obama administration finally got solar panels installed on the White

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/09/white-house-finally-gets-solar-panels-video/feed/ 20 IKEA Wind Farm To Cover 165% Of IKEA’s US Electricity Consumption http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:50:06 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65407 IKEA plugged in its mammoth stores in Belfast and Dublin last fall. Not content with photovoltaic solar on 90% of its American rooftops, IKEA has just invested in a 380-gigawatt-hour wind farm big enough to power every one of its stores in the United States—and then some. The Swedish home goods retailer has picked up

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/16/ikea-wind-farm-us-electricity-consumption/feed/ 32 Former IKEA Execs Look To “Revolutionize” LED Light Bulbs http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/former-ikea-execs-look-revolutionize-led-light-bulb-tech/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/former-ikea-execs-look-revolutionize-led-light-bulb-tech/#comments Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:50:50 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65097 Some former IKEA executives have gone on to work in the LED industry. Forming EcoLights, also in Sweden, they are aiming to advance “a revolutionary new range of LED lamps that look surprisingly identical to traditional bulbs.” And not just similar — these light bulbs look nearly identical to incandescents. “So much so, that Thomas Edison’s familiar design

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/09/former-ikea-execs-look-revolutionize-led-light-bulb-tech/feed/ 18 Thru March 29, IKEA Donates 1€/$1.35 Per LED Sold To UNHCR http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/16/thru-march-29-ikea-donates-unhcr-1e-1-35-leds-sold/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/16/thru-march-29-ikea-donates-unhcr-1e-1-35-leds-sold/#comments Sun, 16 Feb 2014 13:00:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62751 Originally published on 1Sun4All. Angelina Jolie has worked with UNHCR since 2001 — you may read more about her Field Missions here. IKEA is well-known for the company’s sustainability practices and it currently has a campaign to provide solar lighting and fuel-efficient cooking stoves in UNHCR refugee camps. It started on February 3 and is running through March 29, 2014, the global IKEA store initiative

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/16/thru-march-29-ikea-donates-unhcr-1e-1-35-leds-sold/feed/ 1 IKEA Reports Great 2013 Sustainability Progress http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/05/ikea-reports-great-2013-sustainability-progress/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/05/ikea-reports-great-2013-sustainability-progress/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2014 13:10:52 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=62237 We figured IKEA might be on the right track when we first saw its blue and yellow buildings adorned with solar rooftops. It turns out that the second-largest private commercial solar owner/user in the United States (and the largest per square meter of rooftop space) is on schedule with its ambitious sustainability strategy unveiled a

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/02/05/ikea-reports-great-2013-sustainability-progress/feed/ 3 Virtual Solar Roofs Let You “Try Solar” Before You Buy It http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/21/virtual-solar-roofs-let-try-solar-buy/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/21/virtual-solar-roofs-let-try-solar-buy/#comments Sat, 21 Dec 2013 12:00:32 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60410 Originally published on Solar Love. The documented savings for people who go solar are enormous. Solar power is surely now saving millions of people billions of dollars. However, generic studies regarding solar savings and even building-specific projections of how much you can save aren’t enough for some people. Generaytor may have a solution for those

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/21/virtual-solar-roofs-let-try-solar-buy/feed/ 0 Renewable Energy Fun & Rumination http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/28/renewable-energy-fun-rumination/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/28/renewable-energy-fun-rumination/#comments Thu, 28 Nov 2013 13:10:45 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59387 Originally published on Cost of Solar. Good infographics are fun, and… informative. This renewable energy infographic below is a pretty cool one. First, have a look, then read on for my commentary: Join the solar rooftop revolution! First of all, I think the short definition for renewable energy is actually something worth delving into for

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/28/renewable-energy-fun-rumination/feed/ 4 IKEA’s Continued Progress Towards 100% Renewable Energy By 2020 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/20/ikeas-continued-progress-towards-100-renewable-energy-2020/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/20/ikeas-continued-progress-towards-100-renewable-energy-2020/#comments Thu, 21 Nov 2013 01:11:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=59142 Originally published on Climate Progress. By Kiley Kroh Continuing its impressive commitment to being 100 percent carbon neutral by 2020, Swedish retailer IKEA announced the purchase of a 46-megawatt wind farm in Alberta, Canada. The 20-turbine farm is expected to generate 161 gigawatt-hours of power each year, or more than double the total energy consumption of IKEA

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