A soccer match held within the largest stadium within the Netherlands final week ran completely on inexperienced vitality, after the set up of a second “tremendous” battery.

The Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam, the house of the AFC Ajax soccer staff and the host of standard matches and concert events, deployed a second battery in current weeks, after putting in a 3 MW storage system in 2018. The system is billed as Europe’s largest venture to make use of it secondhand batteries and batteries from electrical autos in a industrial constructing.

The new set up brings the mixed storage capability of the stadium to eight.6 MWh. The batteries retailer vitality generated by 4,200 photo voltaic panels put in on the roof of the stadium, in addition to a wind turbine within the village of Oudendijk and an area photo voltaic park. Until just lately, the storage system was used for emergency energy wants, however it’s now anticipated that future soccer video games and concert events will run completely on inexperienced vitality.

“We are very proud that we are able to take this huge step along with our companions in making soccer video games extra sustainable,” stated Tanja Dik, the CEO of the sector. “Our ambition is to appreciate Net Positive occasions by 2030. This implies that we solely need to make a constructive contribution to society and the local weather.”

The venture is funded by the European Union and the European Regional Development Fund.

Earlier this yr, work started on a 1.1 MW PV system at a soccer stadium in northern Italy. On the opposite hand, the world’s largest vertical rooftop PV system has been deployed at Norway’s nationwide soccer stadium.

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