The United Kingdom is not known for its cheery conditions , but that does n’t mean its residents ca n’t do good from the index of sunshine . IKEA stores are now offering nursing home installment ofsolar powersetups to their customers in the UK .
The move represent a significant departure from the Swedish retail giant ’s traditional offerings of tealights , spartan furnishing , and meatball . To make it happen , IKEAteamed up with local energy firm Solarcentury , which has been create sun - base power solutions for the showery Carry Nation for almost two decades .
“ Our business partnership with IKEA is a substantial step forward for the renewable push industry , ” Susannah Wood , Solarcentury ’s caput of residential solar vim , saidin a statement . “ The price of solar installations has dropped considerably in late years and is in fact 100 times punk than it was 35 years ago . ”
The folk atIKEAare as emotional .
“ The Energy Department of the future tense is give out to be about 1000000 of home plate making energy , not liberal coal - fire business leader station , ” the flat - plurality company ’s chief sustainability officer , Steve Howard , saidin a telecasting .
IKEA estimates that the fair solar - power home in the UK uses only 40 pct of the power it return ; the rest is sent back to the national grid . To help homeowners avoid this loss , the company offers stamp battery storage systems in addition to the solar panels themselves .
“ It ’s not only about saving money , which is probably one of the principal reasons to do it , ” deputy retail manager Javier Quiñones enjoin in the video above , “ but also , for us , the more solar venire we put in the market , the more we will contribute to a better Earth . ”
The society promises that customer will not have to assemble the solar panels themselves . No news yet on if and when they ’ll make their way into U.S. stores .
