Ralphs, a subsidiary of The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, installed a photovoltaic solar power array at its automated distribution center in Paramount, Calif.

Organic Valley, La Farge, Wis., announced that the construction of three community solar projects totaling 12.67 MWdc is complete, making the cooperative what is said to be the largest food company in the world to be 100% renewably powered.

The Raymond Corp., Greene, N.Y., partnered with faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, N.Y., to develop and demonstrate a new energy storage process and solution for warehouse energy management.

Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., partnered with Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center (NPTC) to open what is said to be the largest stand-alone solar-powered poultry house to be operated completely off the grid.

Walmart, Bentonville, Ark., revealed the plans for a more modernized headquarters campus.

C2 Energy Capital, LLC, New York, executed 46 Power Purchase Agreements and leases with Walmart Inc., Bentonville, Ark., to provide solar power at the retailer's operations in five states.

Conca D’Oro Importers LLC, a Totowa, N.J.-based distributor of specialty Italian foods and beverages, completed a 546-kilowatt (kW) solar power system by Quixotic Systems, Inc., New York.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., and IGS Solar, Dublin, Ohio, began construction on a solar energy project at the Hormel Foods Swiss American Sausage Co. facility in Lathrop, Calif.

Thermo King, Minneapolis, partnered with Chanje Energy, a Los Angeles-based company that creates sustainable solutions to improve the last-mile, to create a fully integrated refrigerated version of its V8100 all-electric last-mile delivery van.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, announced that its solar garden sites in the Houston and Dallas areas are fully-constructed and operational.