ASPEN, Colo. - Clark’s Market, an eight-store operator here, is shifting to locally produced clean energy with the purchase of power from off-site solar gardens operated by Clean Energy Collective, Carbondale, Colo.
The solar power is enough to completely offset the energy used in its pharmacies, the retailer said. The system reduces lifetime costs from 34.5 cents per kilowatt-hour to 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour for the power produced by the solar panels, a savings of $309,000. It also eliminates the production of 1.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide.
“After considering using solar panels on our rooftops, the cost and complexity of a rooftop system proved to be prohibitive,” said Tom Clark, president of Clark’s Market, in a statement. “The Clean Energy Collective offered the quickest, easiest, most cost-effective and, most importantly, functional option available."
