Ikea assembles UK renewable energy portfolio

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Retailer boosts wind portfolio to 127MW and installs 39,000 solar panels as it bids to use 100 per cent renewable energy

Swedish furniture giant IKEA has announced that it has purchased a Scottish wind farm and will spend £4m installing solar panels on the roofs of 10 of its UK stores in a bid to cushion the company against...

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