The World’s First Solar Powered Stadium

• Jun. 4 by Anthony Dosanjh (1)

Taiwan can now hold claim to the world’s first completely solar-powered stadium. The stadium is located in Kaohsiung and is set to be created for July’s World games. The stadium will hold over eight thousand solar panels which will have enough power to run all the lights and televisions screens. There are other elements that are yet to be revealed.

The stadium was designed by architect Toyo Ito and it can hold 50,000 spectators, it was structured so that they are in the shade throughout.

Is has also been revealed that on days when the stadium is not being used, the government plans on using surplus energy to feed the local grid. It is anyone’s guess how much money this will save, but this is definitely the way forward and hopefully other countries will follow suit.