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Whole Foods to install rooftop solar at 100 stores

FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, a shopper leaves a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, in New York. Whole Foods on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 confirmed that it will stop selling products made by a prison labor program after a protest against the practice at one of its stores in Texas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, a shopper leaves a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, in New York. Whole Foods on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 confirmed that it will stop selling products made by a prison labor program after a protest against the practice at one of its stores in Texas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File) FILE - In this June 24, 2015 file photo, a shopper leaves a Whole Foods Market store in Union Square, in New York. Whole Foods on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 confirmed that it will stop selling products made by a prison labor program after a protest against the practice at one of its stores in Texas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

By Staff and Wire Reports 1 min read

Whole Foods Market Inc. is embracing solar power.

The Austin, Texas-based grocery chain has signed agreements with SolarCity and NRG Energy Inc. to install rooftop solar units at up to 100 stores and distribution centers.

NRG, based in Princeton, N.J., will install the units at up to 84 locations in nine states, according to a joint statement from the two companies. San Mateo, Calif.-based SolarCity will install the rest, Whole Foods spokeswoman Blaire Kniffin said.

The companies did not disclose the locations of the stores that will receive the rooftop solar units, but Kathy Loftus, Whole Foods’ global leader for sustainability, said the company’s goal was to have rooftop solar units in every region.