Last week California regulators approved a utility contract for the nation’s first space based solar power plant. California-based Solaren Corporation anticipates 1,700 gigawatt-hours of energy per year throughout the 15-year contract term beginning in 2016 at a facility in Fresno County.

So what does this have to do with peaches?  California growers are also finding new ways to harness the power of the sun.  Growers like Casey Jones are using current solar technology to run their packing houses. A packing house is the place where a peach goes just after it was picked. It’s the place where a peach gets inspected, sorted, packed and shipped to market.

Take a look at the video below to see Casey talk about going solar.