Solar panels will be a step toward Seattle Center arena's climate pledge

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Some of the renewable energy that gave Climate Pledge Arena its name will come from on-site solar panels.

Oak View Group, which is leading the redevelopment and operations of the arena in Seattle Center, and the Seattle Kraken hockey team that will play there announced on Wednesday a partnership with Excelsior Energy Capital and Unico Solar Investors to build two solar arrays at the arena.

The arrays will be on top of the new Alaska Airlines atrium and on the First Avenue North parking garage. They will produce an estimated 574.5 megawatt hours per year of electricity, which is enough to power about 54 average U.S. homes in a year, according to an average provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

“The installation of solar arrays at Climate Pledge Arena is a step toward achieving our goal to be the first net-zero carbon certified arena in the world,” Rob Johnson, vice president of sustainability and transportation for the Kraken and Climate Pledge Arena, said in a news release. “They will also be a visual reminder of our commitment, as well as an education piece, for every visitor that comes to the arena.”

https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2021/03/04/solar-panels-seattle-climate-plege-arena-kraken.html

[abqtommy]

1. That's interesting. Just for fun I did a quick search and found that here where I live in

Albuquerque we get 310 sunny days a year. Seattle gets 152 days a year but that's
better than nothing!

Albuquerque: https://www.visitalbuquerque.org/about-abq/weather/

Seattle: https://www.bestplaces.net/climate/city/washington/seattle

Let's not forget about wind turbines!