Comments on: New Solar Stadium in Taiwan

By: Pete

Pete — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:52:30 +0000

Lets look at some existing solar plants.
http://www.solartec-ag.com/stiag/eng/pv_plants_references.htm

20.3 acres or 82,151M2 produces 3.1 MkWh/year
double this and you get 160,000M2 produce 3.2 Mkwh/year

How then is this stadium producing 1.14GWh/year on less square meters??

Us generating capacity in 2007 was 4157 Billion KWh/year.
Thats 4.157 x 10 to 15th power. Even using their figure of 1.415Gigawatt hours/year it would take 3 MILLION of these stadiums to be built to equal US generating capacity. Then you need storage on top of that since panels only work during the day. Solar panels also take up to 2 years of running to break even paying back their Mfg and installation. Do this… Try running the bulldozers and other equipment that built and installed this stadium with solar energy. Solar has its place but you cant run a country on it.

By: Promote Liberty

Promote Liberty — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:05:39 +0000

Does anyone know whether this is a privately-owned stadium/property?

By: sean

sean — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 01:36:10 +0000

From the picture in this article it kind of seems like a waste of panels since hardly any of them are at an appropriate angle to capture the sun’s rays. It is kind of a cool idea and everything, but if you’re going to take over two years and millions of dollars to do something like this, why not do it right? I guess it is possible that the picture is misleading.

By: Jos Conil

Jos Conil — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:59:18 +0000

This is a very innovative and imaginative use of alternative energy. It’s not just the roofing with solar panels that makes this project unique. The design also integrates the roof with the aesthetics and culture.

The care taken to provide public open spaces and also to transplant the trees in the stadium area deserves applause. Hats off to the Architect Toyo lto!. Let this stadium become a standard for future sports facilities.

By: Jalil

Jalil — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:57:24 +0000

Soler energy is the best solution. I think the whole world use this energy especially the poor countries.