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FedEx Unveils America's Largest Rooftop Solar-Electric System
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TO HELP CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF "EARTH DAY", FEDEX
GROUND IS UNVEILING THE NATION'S LARGEST ROOFTOP SOLAR-ELECTRIC
SYSTEM--AT ITS DISTRIBUTION-HUB IN WOODBRIDGE, NEW JERSEY. THE
SYSTEM UTILIZES MORE THAN 12-THOUSAND SOLAR-PANELS, ACROSS THREE ACRES
OF ROOFTOP SPACE. IT'S CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE THAN
TWO-AND-A-HALF-MILLION KILOWATT-HOURS OF POWER, A
YEAR--EQUIVALENT TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY CONSUMED, ANNUALLY,
BY OVER 250 U-S HOUSEHOLDS. FEDEX VICE-PRESIDENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND SUSTAINABILITY, MITCH JACKSON, HAS
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(JACKSON):
"WE--ALONG WITH B-P SOLAR--ARE DEMONSTRATING A NEW STANDARD
IN SIZE, FOR U-S ROOFTOP SOLAR-ENERGY INSTALLATIONS. THE ABILITY
TO EMPLOY TECHNOLOGIES THAT BOTH REDUCE ENERGY-USE AND ENHANCE
EFFICIENCIES IN OUR FACILITIES IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THE FEDEX
'EARTH-SMART' INITIATIVE--MAKING SMARTER CHOICES TODAY THAT WILL
ALLOW US TO DELIVER ON A MORE-SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW."
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IN ADDITION, FEDEX WILL INTRODUCE FOUR ALL-ELECTRIC, PURPOSE-BUILT
DELIVERY-TRUCKS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, IN JUNE--WHERE THEY'LL JOIN THE
LARGEST HYBRID-ELECTRIC VEHICLE-FLEET IN THE TRANSPORTATION-INDUSTRY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT
"C-S-R"-DOT-"FEDEX"-DOT-COM.
