Tony B sent this article over to me a few weeks back and I forgot to post about it. Great find, though.
Taiwan’s new sports stadium will be 100% solar powered. It has a massive 14,155 square meter roof of solar panels that will power everything in the stadium, including lighting and the 2 jumbo vision screens.
“The stadium also integrates additional green features such as permeable paving and the extensive use of reusable, domestically made materials. Built upon a clear area of approximately 19 hectares, nearly 7 hectares has been reserved for the development of integrated public green spaces, bike paths, sports parks, and an ecological pond. Additionally, all of the plants occupying the area before construction were transplanted.”
Plus, when the stadium is not in use, it will sell power back to the grid, providing almost 80% of the power for surrounding neighborhoods.
More and more, we need large scale rooftops like this to take the plunge and load up with solar panels. I would love to see more warehouses, Costco’s, and office buildings adding entire solar roofs. But huge stadium’s like this are fantastic as well, especially in clustered urban areas where large scale coordination of solar installation for apartment, home, and office buildings is a lot more difficult.
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