Could Mercedes-Benz Stadium go solar?
Mercedes-Benz Stadium already runs more than 4,000 real solar panels across its Atlanta campus — installed with Georgia Power for its 2017 opening and generating around 1.6 million kWh a year. Push further: the distinctive pinwheel roof, some 56,000 square metres, could in theory hold about 16,500 panels, roughly 6.6 MW, for an estimated 8.9–11.0 million kWh — well beyond today's array.
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: ~56,227 m².Imagery dated 2023-09-23.
Full methodology, assumptions and cross-checks: how we measure. Includes solar data from Google.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium already runs more than 4,000 real solar panels across its campus — installed with Georgia Power for its 2017 opening, producing around 1.6 million kWh a year.— Georgia Power / Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 2017
Mercedes-Benz Stadium from above
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