Source: Solar Energy Industries AssociationSource: Solar Energy Industries Association

Top companies in the U.S. are investing in solar in record amounts, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association’s new Solar Means Business 2017 report, which tracks on-site commercial solar installations and ranks top corporate solar users.

The report contains data from over 4,000 companies, totaling more than 2.5 GW of solar capacity across approximately 7,400 solar projects.

Adding more than 40 MW of solar in 2017, more than the annual total in 23 U.S. states, Target earned the top spot in the report for the second year in a row. Target now has 204 MW of installed solar capacity. The top ten also includes Walmart, Prologis, Apple, Kohl’s, Costco Wholesale, GGP, IKEA, Macy’s and Amazon.

The solar systems tracked in the report generate enough electricity to power 402,000 U.S. homes and offset 2.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. The top corporate solar users added 325 MW of installed solar capacity in 2017 alone, an increase of 43 percent over the installations just two years prior.

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