Ha ha... an 8 page thread of sniping about stadiums and it doesn't involve Cas. It's like a breath of fresh air.

Now don't turn on us just cos I mentioned it. Nothing to see here.

Carry on...

An often made mistake , you're getting your mutants mixed up , Widnes are the chemical variety , its Whitehaven with the radiation

Indeed.
Infact the amount of them we are using (If the drawings are correct) could well mean seeing as the majority of the place is only going to be used for parts of the day 3/4 times a week that the Electricy board may end up owning us money as they will be gathering power 7 days a week (I know how much power the floodlight use BTW but that is once a week and I would like to see the figures).

I think you get let off a certain percentage of your tax as well for getting them installed. I'm sure I've read that somewhere.

Makes you wonder why there isn't a country-wide sports initiative to get them at all large stadia. Like you say, the amount they're actually used for the sport themselves, they could actually add to the National Grid and earn sports some money!

Are they Solar panals or photovoltaics, at the moment you can get a good return on PV's from the energy companies which is guarenteed for 25 yrs.

PV's I think but ill check.

Edit- Yes PV's plus a biomass boiler and rain water collectors for pitch watering etc.

It seems if all that happens that they are actually trying to make this as efficient as possible as by my reconing that means waste that is produced (Food, grass cuttings from the pitch etc) will be used for heat (I think that is how it works), Water bills will shrink/vanish and we may possibly have the national grid paying us.

Look on [url=https://planningpublicaccess.hullcc.gov.uk/publicaccess/files/59945D43BD436CECD300C1134E8BB599/pdf/10_01245_FULL-DESIGN___ACCESS_STATEMENT-372797.pdfhere page 12[/url for details.