Top 10 U.S. companies embracing solar energy

Globally, businesses are adopting renewable energy to green their operations and limit their environmental impact
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U.
S.
businesses are no exception, with the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) recently saying that corporate solar adoption has "soared" over the past few years
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According to SEIA's 2018 Solar Energy Report, the top ten companies in the United States that have adopted the most solar energy include Apple, Google, Amazon, Walmart, etc.
, as follows:

10.
53 Bank 80MW

Ohio-based Five-Three Bank came in tenth place
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In 2018, Five-Three Bank signed a power purchase agreement with an 80 MW project in North Carolina to meet electricity demand
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9.
Solvay 81.
4 MW

Solvay, which focuses on new materials and specialty chemicals, came in ninth, slightly ahead of Fifth Third Bank
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The company signed a 15-year
power purchase agreement with a 71-megawatt solar farm in Jasper County, South Carolina.

8.
GLP 126.
3 MW

According to Matt Singleton, senior vice president of GLP, GLP is the first company
in the logistics real estate industry to invest in solar energy.

Matt Singleton added that GLP's solar capacity will exceed 200 megawatts
by 2020.
It is worth noting that if you look at the scale of on-site solar installations, GLP can rank third
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7.
Caesar Medical 140 MW

In September 2018, healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente said it would be carbon neutral
by 2020 thanks to a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 180 megawatts of renewable energy.
PPA will facilitate the construction of utility-scale wind and solar farms, as well as large-scale battery storage systems
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In August 2018, Caesars Medical said it installed a 250-kilowatt solar system
on the garage roof of Richmond Medical Center in California.

6.
Google 142.
9 MW

In June 2019, Neha Palmer, Google's director of operations, said, "The energy Google buys from sources such as solar and wind energy once again matches
our annual electricity consumption.
" At the same time, Google is participating in some large-scale solar power projects
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In January 2019, Amanda Corio, Google's senior head of energy and infrastructure, said it would purchase production from some new solar farms through a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority, totaling 413 megawatts of electricity
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5.
Switch 179 MW

In 2016, data center company Switch began construction of two solar power plants in Nevada, with a cumulative installed capacity of 179 megawatts, enough to meet 100% of its data center power needs
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4.
Walmart 208.
9 MW

In October 2018, retail giant Walmart announced a deal with solar power company SunPower to install solar energy
in its two distribution centers and 19 stores in Illinois.

3.
Target Department Store 242.
4 MW

Target aims to be powered
by 100% renewable energy by 2030.
The company is planning to install rooftop solar
in 500 of its stores by 2020.
In addition, Target is installing electric vehicle charging stations
in more than 100 stores.

2.
Amazon 329.
8 MW

Seattle-based Amazon says its solar installations in the United States can already offset the carbon dioxide
emissions of trucks driving 2 million miles.
Overall, Amazon already has 32 rooftop solar systems
in the United States.

1.
Apple

Apple's headquarters in Cupertino, California, already powers 100 percent renewable energy in a number of ways, including 17 MW of rooftop solar and 4 MW of biogas fuel cells
now installed.