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Article: pocono takes green flag with solar energy farm.(Sports)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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LONG POND, Pa. | Pocono Raceway is adding a green solar energy project to go with the green flag.
The track unveiled plans on Friday for a three-megawatt solar farm which will power all its energy needs and support the local energy grid. It's the largest renewable energy project in the world for a sports facility.
"We won't have an electric bill," Pocono Raceway president Brandon Igdalsky said.
The $17 million project will see nearly 40,000 photovoltaic modules, or, solar panels, spread over approximately 25 acres of land formerly used as parking lots. The project is set to be completed by the spring of 2010.
Igdalsky said the project ...
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