Move over green buildings, now a green stadium
We have reviewed many green buildings and projects in our posts earlier. World, specially the western world has embarked on a journey to completely switch over to green power and renewable in coming years. It’s a difficult task but journey has to begin. Renewable energy is going to be the key focus area in every continent in coming years.
Countries like China and India, are currently going in for massive capacity additions in power sector and most of their new projects are fueled by Coal. Coal based power projects are the major source of emission of Carbon Di Oxide. India and China have blunted efforts from other western powers as and when any reference was made to their growth plans and linking the same with capping on coal based power plants. No doubt China and India are the fastest growing economies and will be right up there in coming decades as well.
Energy mix of these two countries will have to factor in a substantial share for Hydro, Renewable and Nuclear power in their future plans. There are so many initiatives in Renewable energy that have been going around the world. There are some areas on this earth which receive abundant solar energy throughout the year. These countries will have to come up with programs laying strong emphasis on solar energy.
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A very good initiative has been taken up in Kaohsiung, Taiwan where a 100% solar powered stadium has come up in time for World Games slated to be held in July 2009. Designed by Japanese architect Toyo Ito, stadium has been built up on 19 hectares of land and has the 50,000 persons sitting capacity. The architectural design of stadium integrates 8844 solar panels which can generate 1.14 million KWH units every year. These solar panels can easily meet the power demands of 3000 lights, other appliances and giant screens.
When stadium will not be in use, the the generated power can easily be integrated in to the grid and can supplement the energy requirements of Taiwan. Due to the massive solar panels which partly cover up as the roof of the stadium, the people can get shade over their heads and enjoy matches.
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