Solar Panel at AT&T Park

July 19th, 2007 Alex

The AT&T Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, is also home to 590 Sharp solar panels. The solar panels are located in three separate areas of the stadium and generate 120-kilowatts of electricity back into the grid for Northern California. There is plenty of electricity that gets used during baseball games but during the off-season, the electricity that gets generated can be used by others as the size of the power generated by the park is equivalent to 40 residential solar systems. This idea would make a lot of sense for Monster/Candlestick Park as well since the 49ers only play 12 games a season and the stadium is practically unused the rest of the year.

via Engadget

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