Philadelphia Eagles Look for Savings With Green Stadium
PHILADELPHIA — Renewable energy firm Solar Blue has contracted with the Philadelphia Eagles football team to transform their 70,000-seat stadium into one that generates its own electricity from renewable energy sources, the team announced late last week.
Solar Blue, which is based in Orlando, Fla., will fit the Lincoln Financial Field with 2,500 solar panels, 80 20-foot wind turbines and an alternative-fuels power plant that is estimated will save the team $60 million in electricity costs over 20 years.
The 20-year contra
Read More Racetrack, Panasonic Agree to Green Sponsorship Deal
SONOMA, Calif. — Officials with Infineon Raceway in Sonoma County announced that racetrack officials will install solar panels to produce 41 percent of its energy needs.
Installation of the solar panels is part of a five-year sponsorship deal with Panasonic Corp. of North America.
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MUMBAI — India’s Space Research Organization and America’s National Space Society announced the launch earlier this month of the Kalam-NSS Initiative to explore the possibility of harvesting solar energy through space satellites for use on Earth. The initiative, spearheaded by former Indian president A.P.J.
Read More Mass. Solar Power Projects Bring Power, Jobs to State
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Western Massachusetts Electric Co.’s new 6,500 panel solar-powered electric facility will begin producing enough electricity for 300 homes later this month.
The plant and a larger project slated to go online in Springfield next year are expected to bolster job growth in the solar industry and bring the high cost of solar power in line with oil-produced electricity in New England.
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