Could Gillette Stadium go solar?

At Gillette Stadium the seating is open to the sky, so the measurable roof is the ring of canopies over the stands — roughly 10,000 square metres in Foxborough. Filled with panels, that ring could hold about 3,400 modules, near 1.4 MW. Drawing on some 1,467 sunshine hours a year, the New England Patriots' home might generate an estimated 1.5–1.9 million kWh, around 630 homes' worth.

Drag the handle — aerial photo left, Google Solar's measured annual sun intensity right. Brighter means more energy landing per square metre.

Roof area read from above: ~10,037 m².Imagery dated 2015-08-29.

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Gillette Stadium from above

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