Why Did the Eagles Take Down the Linc's Wind Turbines?
Gotta be honest; I didn’t even know the wind turbines above the Linc were taken down.
But they were.
They’re no longer there, and if you’re wondering why, NBC 10’s Brian McCrone explains what happened in an article posted this morning, after the jump:
Repairs to some of the turbines led the Eagles to remove all of them recently, and rethink whether to re-install them, an organization official told NBC10.
“We ultimately decided to re-evaluate what to do on this level,” Eagles Vice President of Communications Brandon Boone said. “Is there a newer model? Are there bigger ones we could install? Is this the right technology.”
Boone said while the franchise evaluates the turbines’ future — if, indeed, there is a future for turbines at the stadium — the team decided not to put the old ones back up.
The wind power generated from the turbines were more “iconic symbols of our commitment to sustainable energy” than they were necessary to the stadium’s recent LEED Gold certification, Boone said.
The article goes on to say that the 11,000 solar panels that cover the parking lots generate a majority of the clean energy that powers the stadium. Solar and wind power created about a third of the Linc’s energy consumption on an annual basis.
So that’s that. We’ll see if new turbines go up in the future.
Also, what happens to the old turbines? Do we melt them down? Donate them? Turn them into eclectic street art?
Time’s yours.