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Wouldn’t solar panels cause glint and glare issues for aircraft that fly above the stadium at least on the scale we’d need them? Recycling the hot air our fans generate during games would be a profitable energy source. Could sell it on to local energy companies😁

Another 2 year delay if we decide to add them in

Solar panels were on the roof in the original visuals from September 2024, but are not on the most recent visuals from 2020developments.co.uk (see bottom of post for comparison).

In the original submission from September 2024 it was stated that were were trying to achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating (second highest rating).

For context..
"BREEAM is used to specify and measure the sustainability performance of buildings, ensuring that projects meet sustainability goals and continue to perform optimally over time."

Energy counts towards 19% of that weighting for a BREEAM Excellent weighting, so solar plays a massive part in that.

If they have dropped the solar panels then it could be that they are no longer going for a BREEAM Excellent rating because of the costs associated with it at a time where they are having to cut their cloth on the build.

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I think it should be mandatory that commercial buildings generate a reasonable amount of renewable energy personally.

And like in France major open car parks should have canopies of them. Where I used to work was a very big site and they have installed 8,500 solar panels over their huge car parks which will generate approx 40% of the site's electricity requirements.