Dutch Stadium Makes History by Using Only Green Energy During Soccer Game
A massive soccer stadium in the Netherlands recently made history after it used green energy to power an entire game, opening the door to combining renewables and sports events. A report from “Interesting Engineering” notes that the Dutch stadium hit a major sustainability milestone after it used renewable energy generated from solar and wind to cover all its energy needs during the entirety of a soccer game.
Johan Cruijff Arena, the home stadium for Dutch football club Ajax and the largest stadium in the Netherlands, features a three-megawatt battery system that uses secondhand rather than new batteries to store energy. The system recently used a green-energy-powered, 8.6-megawatt-hour battery pack to provide energy for a full game, making this the first time a soccer game ran entirely on green energy.
The stadium’s three-megawatt battery system was installed in 2018 as Ajax transitioned its home stadium from fossil fuels to renewables. This system was also the first to commercially use secondhand batteries instead of new ones, allowing it to run on used batteries and lowering the costs involved in procuring new batteries. As a result, Johan Cruijff Arena used renewables to power the elevators, stadium lights, player tunnel lights and beer taps for a full game.
Johan Cruijff Arena currently has a whopping 4,200 solar-photovoltaic panels on its roofs and deploys LED lights throughout the entire structure to lower its energy use. The arena is keen on removing fossil fuels from its energy mix and plans on incorporating renewables into soccer games as well as various other nonsoccer-related events in the future.
“Interesting Engineering” says that because the arena’s size allows it to host all kinds of events and concerts, it is ready to lead the way in the fight against climate change. Stadiums of Johan Cruijff Arena’s size typically consume massive amounts of energy whenever they host events, making them a significant contributor to carbon emissions in the Netherlands and other countries with huge stadiums.
Transitioning these stadiums from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to renewables can help them cut their energy costs by a wide margin on top of significantly reducing the greenhouse gases they emit. Johan Cruijff Arena CEO Tanja Dik says he is “incredibly proud” of the stadium’s recent achievement and said that the arena and its partners have taken a major step toward making soccer, undoubtedly the most popular sport on the globe, more sustainable.
As different stakeholders, such as mine-development companies such as Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. (CSE: RFLX) (OTCQB: RFLXF), continue to play their part in advancing the energy-transition movement, it may not be long before stories such as the one coming from this Dutch stadium become the norm rather than the exception.
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A massive soccer stadium in the Netherlands recently made history after it used green energy to power an entire game, opening the door to combining renewables and sports events. A report from “Interesting Engineering” notes that the Dutch stadium hit a major sustainability milestone after it used renewable energy generated from solar and wind to cover all its energy needs during the entirety of a soccer game.
Johan Cruijff Arena, the home stadium for Dutch football club Ajax and the largest stadium in the Netherlands, features a three-megawatt battery system that uses secondhand rather than new batteries to store energy. The system recently used a green-energy-powered, 8.6-megawatt-hour battery pack to provide energy for a full game, making this the first time a soccer game ran entirely on green energy.
The stadium’s three-megawatt battery system was installed in 2018 as Ajax transitioned its home stadium from fossil fuels to renewables. This system was also the first to commercially use secondhand batteries instead of new ones, allowing it to run on used batteries and lowering the costs involved in procuring new batteries. As a result, Johan Cruijff Arena used renewables to power the elevators, stadium lights, player tunnel lights and beer taps for a full game.
Johan Cruijff Arena currently has a whopping 4,200 solar-photovoltaic panels on its roofs and deploys LED lights throughout the entire structure to lower its energy use. The arena is keen on removing fossil fuels from its energy mix and plans on incorporating renewables into soccer games as well as various other nonsoccer-related events in the future.
“Interesting Engineering” says that because the arena’s size allows it to host all kinds of events and concerts, it is ready to lead the way in the fight against climate change. Stadiums of Johan Cruijff Arena’s size typically consume massive amounts of energy whenever they host events, making them a significant contributor to carbon emissions in the Netherlands and other countries with huge stadiums.
Transitioning these stadiums from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas to renewables can help them cut their energy costs by a wide margin on top of significantly reducing the greenhouse gases they emit. Johan Cruijff Arena CEO Tanja Dik says he is “incredibly proud” of the stadium’s recent achievement and said that the arena and its partners have taken a major step toward making soccer, undoubtedly the most popular sport on the globe, more sustainable.
As different stakeholders, such as mine-development companies such as Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. (CSE: RFLX) (OTCQB: RFLXF), continue to play their part in advancing the energy-transition movement, it may not be long before stories such as the one coming from this Dutch stadium become the norm rather than the exception.
NOTE TO INVESTORS: The latest news and updates relating to Reflex Advanced Materials Corp. (CSE: RFLX) (OTCQB: RFLXF) are available in the company’s newsroom at https://ibn.fm/RFLXF
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