Ikea’s rooftop solar array will be the largest in Minnesota

A solar array that retailer Ikea says will be installed on the roof of its Bloomington store will be the state’s largest generator of electricity from the sun.

The project, to be built this summer, is one of five solar power projects in four states that Ikea announced Thursday. The new projects and others now underway will put solar arrays atop 37 of its 44 U.S. locations, Ikea said.

The Bloomington store’s power output, 1.1 megawatts, will be nearly double that of Minnesota’s largest existing solar-electric generator on the Minneapolis Convention Center…. Read The Full Article