OAKDALE – Solar panels will provide most of the electricity for the cheese plant along Highway 120. And some of them will shade the cars of visitors to this popular spot.
Oakdale Cheese & Specialties expects to generate 87 percent of the power it now buys from Pacific Gas and Electric Co., co-owner Jessica Bulk said Tuesday. The $175,000 system is about two weeks from completion by California Solar Innovators, based in Modesto.
The plant roof holds 70 of the panels. The other 150 stand above 16 of the parking spaces, well-positioned for a summer sun that can bake car interiors to well past 100 degrees.
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