By Dian Ver Valen
The Times
Blue Mountain Station Goes Solar
New panels will provide Port of Columbia food processing facility with most of its power
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An array of eight solar panels will be installed atop the Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station, just west of Dayton, by the end of this month. The renewable energy generated will provide the new Artisan Food Center will nearly all of its required power at no cost to the port.
DAYTON – Installation has already begun on eight solar panel systems that will adorn the roof of the Port of Columbia's Blue Mountain Station just west of Dayton city limits. The panels should be in place and operational by the end of this month.
The Port of Columbia, which owns the 6,912-square-foot building, has partnered with Walla Walla Flat Roof Educational Energy (WW-FREE) to install the panels. The solar array should generate 35.4 kilowatts of energy and provide Blue Mountain Station with nearly all of its power for free, according to Frederic Liebrand, a member of WW-FREE's board...
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