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Catching the sun... and rain

Solar field takes flight in rainy valley

  • By: Doug Burkhardt 
  • Published: 2/13/2013 10:02:43 AM
  • Last Updated: 2/15/2013 4:08:44 PM
Photo By: Doug BurkhardtWaiting on the sun
Solar panels at the Ilg Solar Farm in Woodburn gather raindrops for now, but even in the wet Willamette Valley, solar power has become a vital source of green energy.
WOODBURN — It won’t come as a shock to anyone living in Oregon’s Willamette Valley to hear that the region has a reputation for being a soggy stretch of territory.



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