Company building Aroostook solar projects to power major potato processing plant

by Paula Brewer
3 years ago
McCain Foods is aiming to get its plant in Easton, Aroostook County, running off 50 percent solar power in the near future. Credit: Gabor Degree / BDN
Global potato processor McCain Foods is building five solar facilities in Aroostook County that it says will help power one of its largest plants. Read more.
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