FedExField Outfitted With NFL's Largest Solar Installation

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ANEW, 8,000-panel solar installation at FedExField, in Landover, Maryland, is the largest tc be found at any National Football League stadium. The Washington Redskins and NRG-a solar power development firm based in Princeton, New Jersey-unveiled the installation in September. The system comprises three types of solar panels that together have a generating capacity of nearly 2 MW. That's enough to provide a fifth of FedExField's power on game days and all of it on nongame days, weather permitting. Most of the panels are positioned on top ol a new carport-style structure that shades a portion of the stadium's parking lot near Gate A. The in stallation also features 10 stations that fans will be able to use to recharge electric vehicles. Other panels are integrated into a pedestrian ramp, and thin-film solar technology is incorporated into a 30 ft tall sculpture of a football player dubbed Solar Man. It is anticipated that the entire installation will keep roughly 1.8 metric tons of carbon out of the atmosphere each year. That's the equivalent of replacing 349 gas-powered vehicles with vehicles running solely on electricity.