Renewable Energy
Ocean State Job Lot has now expanded its solar energy efforts initiative to 12 projects currently ongoing in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Ocean State Job Lot has now expanded its solar energy efforts initiative to 12 projects currently ongoing in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Among some of the stores now being solarized are Griswold, CT; Berlin, CT; North Adams, MA; Southwick, MA; and Bloomfield, CT. That comes after completing installations of 2,100 solar panels across three stores in Johnston, RI; Woonsocket, RI; and Richmond, RI.
Through our partnership with the Rhode Island-based Ecogy Energy, we are revolutionizing the vacant rooftops of our store locations into energy-generating platforms. Currently, we have 2,100 solar panels installed across the three stores and we are working to expand our renewable energy footprint to other locations with the aspiration of solar installation on each of our stores.
Ocean State Job Lot’s solar portfolio in Rhode Island, made possible by the Rhode Island Renewable Energy Growth Program, is helping to support the state’s renewable energy transition and directly contributes to Rhode Island’s goal of meeting 100% of its electricity demand with renewable energy resources by 2030.
Solar Project’s Yearly Diversion:
- Saves 1,808 Metric Tons of CO2
- Saves 203,398 Gallons of Gas
- Powers 356.7 Homes
- Charges 119,331,591 Smartphones
- Recycles 627.7 Tons of Waste
- Preserves 11.6 Acres of U.S. Forests
The electricity generated will be equivalent to the carbon sequestered by 9,949 acres of the United States forest in one year or offset of 1,309 homes’ electricity for just one year.
We will continue our involvement with solar energy and expand these projects to other Ocean State Job Lot locations in an effort to give back to the communities we serve and improve our environment.