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Walmart Installs 1.0 MW Wind Turbine at California Distribution Centre

OIL Price -- Walmart has announced its latest sustainable development initiative. It will install an industrial sized wind turbine at the Red Bluff distribution centre in California. The new GE 1.0 MW turbine will create about 2,200,000 kilowatt hours per year.

Walmart has entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Foundation Windpower in which Foundation WindPower will install, operate, and own the turbine, but Walmart will buy all the electricity produced. Walmart should benefit from energy savings, and also having a set energy price the foreseeable future.

Greg Pool, the senior manager of renewable energy and emissions at Walmart and project manager at the Red Bluff Installation, said “we are using every tool in the tool box as we work toward our goal to be supplied by 100 percent renewab

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stonecold5005
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nice
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May set a precedence for other big businesses in the future.
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wind power does work and work well....

it is more expensive....

but the gain is worth every penny....

no waste by-product....

and the possibility of limitless production.

(the fossil foolers are running scared)
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Good. Go with clean windpower. Walmart isn't as dumb as a lot of people are.
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Glad to see a business and not the government giving this a shot.
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Good for Walmart... always ahead when it comes to enterprise.
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That will help blow in higher profits.
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Another wind bankrupcy.
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nice
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Makes sense.
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Welcome to Windmart !
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Good for them
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Got to love walmart LOL
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They are walking the walk.
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in spite of all the birds and buzzed up illegals it may impact ????????????
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Good for Walmart. Hope it works out. Wonder how much it costs?
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ok
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Walmart will keep the lights on for US.
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It will be interesting to see how well it works
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Hey... if we can get them cheap enough... let's install a small one on every house in america. That way at least on windy days, we can gouge the electric companies the way they have been doing to us for years!
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How much government subsidy is involved in this deal?
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nice
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Green Power
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Good.
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I think it would be more interesting if they decided to cover the tops of their stores with solar.
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wind, solar are much bigger savings for large businesses, Buy cheaper pay for themselves faster due to large energy use.
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I expect it was made in China
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?????????????
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suck out all items stolen by employees.
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What does this have to do with gas/oil/autos?
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What?
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more co. should do these kind of thing
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Good for walmart, will prices fall?
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great
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install in DC and would have to put brakes on them to keep them from overspeed.
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If they want to "reduce their carbon emissions", they should stop selling charcoal, which is mostly carbon. Stupid, isn't it?
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Is/was the turbine made in China?
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Nice going Walmart!!
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Down with Walmart! Hippies hate Walmart! It doesn't matter what Walmart does, the same people still hate them. I just hated that I didn't find any real bargains the last 2 times I went there.
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Puff piece?

"Walmart has been pushing to install as much renewable energy as possible in its efforts to reduce its carbon emissions."

????????????????????????????

Perhaps but hopfully Walmart's investment into renewable energy will continue!
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Well alrighty then.
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I bet PG & E won't like that.
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Okay
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