Iola Sonic gets solar makeover - The Iola Register

Iola Sonic gets solar makeover - The Iola Register

Crews are installing solar panels this week atop the parking stalls at Iola’s Sonic Drive-In. The panels are expected to provide 35% of the restaurant’s electrical use over the next 40 years. Sonic Drive-In of Iola is going solar. Crews from CDL Electric are in the final stages of installing 142 solar panels on the roofs of the restaurant’s stalls. All told, the project will be capable of producing just over 58 kilowatts, enough to offset 35% of…