Stadium Powered by the Solar roof.

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Toyo Ito Designed solar-powered stadium in Taiwan. Recently they  finished the construction of the incredible solar-powered stadium that will generate 100% of its electricity from photovoltaic technology! , the dragon-shaped 50,000 seat arena is clad in 8,844 solar panels that illuminate the track and field with 3,300 lux. The project will officially open later this year to welcome the 2009 World Games.

The solar roof that is able to provide enough energy to power the stadium’s 3,300 lights and two jumbo vision screens. To illustrate the incredible power of this system, officials ran a test this January and found that it took just six minutes to power up the stadium’s entire lighting system!

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