By Colin Kellaher 



  Kroger Co. on Monday said it has partnered with a unit of Duke Energy Corp. to install a nearly one-megawatt photovoltaic solar-power array at a bakery facility in southern California. 


  The Cincinnati food and drug retailer said the rooftop installation at the La Habra bakery includes nearly 3,000 solar panels that can produce 2,009 megawatt hours a year, which the company said is enough energy to power 240 homes with an emission reduction equaling the removal of 300 cars from the road. 


  Kroger's La Habra bakery supplies products to more than 300 Ralphs and Food 4 Less grocery stores. The company last year added a 7,000-panel solar installation at its automated distribution center in Paramount, Calif. 


  Kroger said its solar and wind installations across the U.S. produced more than 12.8 million kilowatt hours of renewable power in 2019. 


  Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com