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July 07, 2014

IKEA Completes Near-Doubling of Maryland's Largest Rooftop Array
Conshohocken PA (SPX) Jul 03, 2014
IKEA has officially plugged-in an expansion of the solar array completed last April atop its Perryville, Maryland distribution center, the state's largest such solar energy system. Installation of the new panels began Fall 2013, and since then have nearly doubled the size of the original project, which already was the state's largest rooftop array. The 467,618-square-foot solar addition consists of a 2.2-MW system, built with 7,337 modules, and will produce 2,695,355 kWh of electricity annually. I ... read more

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