Kohl's, Intel Lead Vestas's Ranking of Renewable Energy Users

Intel Corp. (INTC) , the world’s largest chipmaker, and the U.S. department-store chain Kohl’s Corp. (KSS) are the top corporate users of renewable energy , Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a report for Vestas Wind Systems A/S.

Intel bought 1,493 gigawatt-hours of electricity from renewable sources in 2010, and Kohl’s purchased 1,418 gigawatt- hours, according to New Energy Finance’s Corporate Renewable Energy Index, or CREX. In terms of renewables as a proportion of total power use, Kohl’s and Whole Food Markets Inc. had 100 percent. Intel’s 35 percent didn’t make the top 20.

Vestas, the world’s largest wind-turbine maker, commissioned the index to provide transparency to consumers, policymakers and companies on how goods are produced. Energy from wind, solar, hydro and other renewables accounted for 12.1 percent of electricity purchased by the 102 companies in 16 countries that provided data for 2010.

“There’s a lot of discussion going on about how green companies are and how much renewable energy they’re using,” Vestas Chief Executive Officer Ditlev Engel said in an interview in London. “This index can set a benchmark for how we measure these things.”

Much as corporations like to know the safety record of other companies before they work with them, renewable energy usage will be a subject that business partners increasingly want to know about, Engel said.

New Energy Finance compiled the ranking from responses to an online survey, information from groups such as the Carbon Disclosure Project and Bloomberg data. For the survey, the London-based analyst contacted more than 1,000 companies, chosen on the basis of the MSCI World (MXWO) Index and a Bloomberg ranking of the top 500 companies worldwide by market capitalization.

Because only the largest companies were contacted, “the survey has an inevitable tilt toward the developed world, where these organizations are headquartered,” it said.

Below are tables to show the top renewable electricity buyers by total amount and by percentage of total usage.

Rank Company Renewable Energy Procurement (Gigawatt-hours) 1. Intel Corp. 1,493 2. Kohl’s Corp. 1,418 3. CLP Holdings Ltd. 953 4. Whole Food Markets Inc.

Township Approves Use Of Land For County's First Kohl's - Money ...

SPRING TWP., Pa. -- Attention shoppers. Kohl's is one step closer to coming to Berks County.

The Spring Township supervisors Tuesday night approved the use of land at Paper Mill Road and Meridian Boulevard for a Kohl's department store.

The developer, BPG Development Co. of Bucks County, must still present plans for the store itself, which must also be given the supervisors' okay.

The 8-acre site, across the street from the existing Broadcasting Square shopping center, had previously been approved for an office building and restaurants.

The supervisors approved the new plans for the land on the condition that Kohl's restrict its hours to 6:00 a.m. until midnight, seven days a week. The store will be allowed to remain open 24-hours/day for holiday shopping in November and December.

The Kohl's will create about 120 full- and part-time jobs, said township officials. The company employs 136,000 associates at nearly 1,100 stores in 49 states across the country, according to its website. Its annual sales exceed $18 billion.

The Wisconsin-based company, which opened its first store in 1962, hopes to open its 87,000 square-foot store in Spring Township by the fall of 2012. The store will have parking for slightly more than 450 vehicles, said township officials.

Kohl's had been trying to open a store in Berks County for quite some time. Its closest stores to the Reading area are located at the Coventry Mall near Pottstown and in Trexlertown, Lehigh County.

Spring Township has experienced quite a growth in commercial development over the years.

Broadcasting Square, its largest shopping center, features several restaurants and big-box stores, including Target, Dick's Sporting Goods, Weis, Ross, Party City and Bed, Bath and Beyond.

Walmart had wanted to build a superstore on another tract of land across Broadcasting Road from Broadcasting Square, but the retail giant dropped its plans in 2007 after facing strong opposition from an organized group of residents. Walmart instead renovated its existing store in neighboring Wyomissing and expanded its store in Exeter Township.

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