{"id":4034,"date":"2014-10-17T10:30:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-17T01:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=4034"},"modified":"2017-04-20T10:46:54","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T00:16:54","slug":"huge-companies-rely-commerical-solar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/huge-companies-rely-commerical-solar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Huge Companies That Rely On Commerical Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst commercial solar systems\u00a0in Australia are steadily growing in number despite pushback from many electricity networks, the USA is forging ahead with enormous commercial systems. \u00a0America&#8217;s biggest companies, like Wal*mart, Costco and Macy&#8217;s are relying on solar power to reduce their bills. Here&#8217;s a great snapshot from the Sustainable Energy Industry Association which has some\u00a0seriously impressive numbers on it.<\/p>\n<p>When will Australia&#8217;s biggest companies (e.g. the miners) start installing more solar to power their operations?,\u00a0Perhaps when the government stops subsidising their filthy diesel to the tune of about $8bn per year?<\/p>\n<p>Anyway &#8211; all I can say is way to go USA! Here&#8217;s those amazing stats:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4035\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/solar-means-business-top-solar-users-in-the-us.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"wp-image-4035\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/solar-means-business-top-solar-users-in-the-us.jpg\" alt=\"comercial solar infographic\" width=\"650\" height=\"2098\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seia.org\/research-resources\/solar-means-business-2014-top-us-commercial-solar-users\" target=\"_blank\">SEIA<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst commercial solar systems\u00a0in Australia are steadily growing in number despite pushback from many electricity networks, the USA is forging ahead with enormous commercial systems. \u00a0America&#8217;s biggest companies, like Wal*mart, Costco and Macy&#8217;s are relying on solar power to reduce their bills. 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