Wal-Mart Stores Inc will soon use the power of the wind to help run a distribution center in California as the world's largest retailer continues to look for ways to reduce its impact on the environment and cut costs.
The wind turbine, at a distribution center in Red Bluff, California, is Wal-Mart's latest effort in sustainability.
Wal-Mart aims to eventually be supplied by 100 percent renewable energy and create no waste. It has also pushed its suppliers to decrease their impact on the environment, through efforts such as reducing package sizes and the amount of plastic they use.
Wal-Mart said the new wind turbine, its first onsite large-scale wind turbine pilot, should be up and running by this fall. It is expected to provide roughly one megawatt of power, or 15 percent to 20 percent of the distribution center's yearly electrical use.
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