August 24, 2012
One year after breaking ground, the largest solar highway project in the US — a partnership between Portland General Electric and the Oregon Department of Transportation — is now open to visitors stopping to take a break from their travels along Interstate 5 in Oregon. Growing clean, renewable energy amongst farm fields of corn and cabbage, the Baldock Solar Station is a 1.75-megawatt solar array boasting nearly 7,000 solar panels across seven acres of the Baldock Safety Rest Area, located on Interstate 5 n
