Emmi Roth adds 1,600 solar panels to Platteville, WI cheesemaking plant
The solar panels will supply 15% of the annual electric use of the cheesemaking plant.
Emmi Roth, Fitchburg, Wis., installed 1,602 JA 330-watt solar panels on the roof of its Platteville, Wis., cheese production facility.
The installation, managed by Eagle Point Solar, Dubuque, Iowa, will reduce the company’s carbon footprint by eliminating 14,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the environment – equal to saving 1.4 million gallons of gas, recycling 43,000 tons of waste or reducing coal usage by 13 million pounds.
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