The Phoenix Suns(NBA team), APS(Arizona's largest electric utility) and the City of Phoenix unveiled plans to install a major solar panel power project at US Airways Center(Suns stadium). The plan is to install solar photovoltaic (PV) cells on the fifth level of the US Airways Center parking garage. The system will be online in 2009.
The AC solar energy system is rated at 194 kW(kilowatt) consisting of 1,125 solar panels designed by Suntech. The system covers about 18,000 square feet(1672.2 square meters) and is expected to produce 331,233 kiloWatt-hours each year.
The project will offset 25 percent of the stadium's traditional power needs. Thus CO2 emissions will be reduced by 440,000 pounds(199580.6) per year. These emission reductions equals to the CO2 absorbing capability of 46 acres of pine trees.
Source: MarketWatch and APS
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