Coles is an Australian supermarket, retail and consumer services chain, headquartered in Melbourne and owned by parent company Wesfarmers. Founded in 1914, Coles operates approximately 800 supermarkets throughout Australia and  has over 100,000 employees.

Coles is constantly exploring ways to protect the environment by investing in a number of important sustainability projects to reduce their environmental impact.  These projects include being more energy efficient through solar power installations.

West Australian Alternative Energy was engaged to design and install solar systems totalling 900kw across several Coles stores within WA. These stores included Byford, Vasse, Albany, Beeliar, Banksia Grove and Riverton.