WI cheese firm making big solar investment

Remember when people said Wisconsin didn't have enough sunshine for solar energy installations and the Walker administration was downright hostile to renewable energy initiatives?

Solar

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is looking pretty mainstream these days:

Focusing on reducing their carbon footprint, Emmi Roth, a Fitchburg, Wis., specialty cheese operation, will add 1,600 solar panels to its Platteville, Wis., plant. 

Installed on the roof of the facility, the panels will supply 15% of the electricity and will reduce the company’s carbon footprint by eliminating 14,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions from the environment.