Editing IKEA (section)

===Energy sources===
In August 2008, IKEA announced that it had created IKEA GreenTech, a €50{{nbsp}}million venture capital fund. Located in [[Lund]] (a university town in Sweden), it will invest in 8–10 companies in the coming five years with focus on [[solar cells|solar panels]], alternative light sources, product materials, energy efficiency and water saving and purification. The aim is to commercialise green technologies for sale in IKEA stores within 3–4 years.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 August 2008 |title=Ikea Sets its Sights on the Sun |url=http://futurethinktank.com/2008/08/07/ikea-sets-its-sights-on-the-sun/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090710105817/http://futurethinktank.com/2008/08/07/ikea-sets-its-sights-on-the-sun/ |archive-date=10 July 2009 |access-date=10 June 2009 |publisher=Futurethinktank.com (futurethink's innovation weblog)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=10 August 2008 |title=IKEA GreenTech |url=http://www.greenvc.org/ikea_greentech/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430194505/http://www.greenvc.org/ikea_greentech/ |archive-date=30 April 2009 |access-date=10 June 2009 |publisher=Green VC}}</ref>

On 17 February 2011, IKEA announced its plans to develop a wind farm in [[Dalarna County]], Sweden, furthering its goal of using only renewable energy to fuel its operations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20032930-54.html|title=IKEA building its own personal wind farm|publisher=CNET|date=17 February 2011|access-date=17 February 2011|archive-date=21 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221214447/http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-20032930-54.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{as of|2012|June}},{{update inline|date=October 2017}} 17 United States IKEA stores are powered by solar panels, with 22 additional installations in progress,<ref name="Business Wire">{{cite web|title=Ikea U.S. Solar Plans near 89% with Two More Installations Proposed; Distribution Centers in Perryville, MD and Westampton, NJ Will Be among Country's Largest Projects |url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ikea-us-solar-plans-near-89-with-two-more-installations-proposed-distribution-centers-in-perryville-md-and-westampton-nj-will-be-among-countrys-largest-projects-2012-06-12 |publisher=Business Wire |date=12 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712230851/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ikea-us-solar-plans-near-89-with-two-more-installations-proposed-distribution-centers-in-perryville-md-and-westampton-nj-will-be-among-countrys-largest-projects-2012-06-12 |archive-date=12 July 2014 }}</ref><!-- The archived link is now also dead. --> and IKEA owns the 165 MW Cameron Wind farm in [[Cameron County, Texas|Cameron County]] on the South Texas coast<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Steady-breezes-at-the-right-time-boost-Gulf-Coast-11363533.php |title=Sea change: Gulf Coast wind farms become vital to Texas energy mix |first=Ryan Maye |last=Handy |newspaper=[[Houston Chronicle]] |date=27 July 2017 |access-date=31 July 2017 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109023412/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Steady-breezes-at-the-right-time-boost-Gulf-Coast-11363533.php |url-status=live }}</ref> and a [[List of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea|42 MW coastal wind farm]] in Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vindkraftsnyheter.se/20171006/5375/ajos-vindpark-overlamnad-till-kund|title=Ajos vindpark överlämnad till kund|work=vindkraftsnyheter.se|date=6 October 2017|access-date=11 October 2017|archive-date=16 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125949/http://www.vindkraftsnyheter.se/20171006/5375/ajos-vindpark-overlamnad-till-kund|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2019, IKEA announced that they would be investing $2.8{{nbsp}}billion in renewable energy infrastructure. The company is targeting making their entire supply chain climate positive by 2030.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://qz.com/1712654/ikeas-retail-arm-is-investing-2-8-billion-in-renewable-energy/|title=IKEA is investing $2.8{{nbsp}}billion in renewable energy infrastructure|last=Quito|first=Anne|website=Quartz|date=21 September 2019|access-date=7 October 2019|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031050154/https://qz.com/1712654/ikeas-retail-arm-is-investing-2-8-billion-in-renewable-energy/|url-status=live}}</ref>