Kohl's Ranks 8th in Green Power Purchases

Menomonee Falls, Wis. Kohl’s Corp. ranks eighth in the nation in the amount of energy the retailer buys from renewable-energy sources, federal officials said Tuesday.

According to the EPA, Kohl's is buying 236 million kilowatt-hours of green power a year.

Kohl's has been installing rooftop solar photovoltaic systems on more than 60 of its stores in California. In total, more than 138,000 solar panels generating more than 25 megawatts of renewable energy are expected when Kohl’s solar installations are complete in 2008.