brazil is a solar energy pioneer in latin america. the country’s biggest photovoltaic facility is a unique one: it generates 600 mwh, but unlike other solar plants, it’s located on top of the est\u00e1dio de pitua\u00e7u, a football stadium in salvador de bahia. the facility produces more electricity than the stadium actually consumes, and it is a model for the rest of the country — especially with brazil preparing to host the next world cup in 2014. there are plans to install solar roofs on further stadiums.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
brazil is a solar energy pioneer in latin america. the country’s biggest photovoltaic facility is a unique one: it generates 600 mwh, but unlike other solar plants, it’s located on top of the est\u00e1dio de pitua\u00e7u, a football stadium in salvador de bahia. the facility produces more electricity than the stadium actually consumes, and it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4893,4907,4916,4894,4898,4900,4910,4891],"tags":[2066,2894,238],"storyfest_categories":[],"class_list":["post-13344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-architecture","category-business-economics","category-climate","category-efficiency","category-engineering","category-green-living","category-renewable-energy","category-solar","tag-brazil","tag-global-ideas","tag-sports"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n