Food bank to deploy solar-powered trailers for disaster relief

A food bank hit hard by Hurricane Helene use solar-powered trailers to keep precious produce and other donations safe.

Channel 9’s climate reporter Michelle Alfini learned how North Carolina hopes renewables will help during disasters.

“The solar panels up top kind of feed into a system that is both a battery and it directs electricity in here into the AC unit,” said Kelcey Brown-Meacham, facilities technician at MANNA FoodBank in Asheville…

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