Late in fall 2010 the NFL team had announced that they are going to be switching to on-site renewable energy. This will be the first sports stadium in the world that will be self sufficient, and I personally believe that this is an amazing stepping stone in the works. They plan to save over 60 million dollars in energy costs yearly, and have claimed to have enough to sell some back to the local electric grids. They will be having 80 20 foot spiral wind turbines on the top of the stadium, 2500 solar panels, and a 7.6 megawatt onsite dual fuel cogeneration plant that will be monitored. I have read that the energy that will come from this project is comparable to the annual electricity usage of 26,000 homes.
Hopefully the rest of sports franchises around the world can fall in line with this idea. The amount of money that will be saved for them each year will be profound, as well as the positive affects on the local economy and environment.
Here is a link to the original article after the announcement.
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