NASCAR Unveils World's Largest Solar-Powered Sports Facility
Sea Girt, NJ – August 2, 2010

Birdsall Services Group (BSG), and Evolution Energies are proud to announce our participation in developing the world’s largest solar-powered sports facility!

On Friday, NASCAR unveiled a 25-acre solar array in a former parking lot adjacent to the 2.5-mile track at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. This 3-megawatt, ground-mounted photovoltaic solar energy system is now online and tied into the grid, with enough power to operate the entire raceway and 1,000 homes nearby.

BSG and Evolution Energies worked with both NASCAR and Pocono Raceway to develop this system, which consists of 40,000 American-made photovoltaic modules - so large it can be seen from outer space! The solar array will produce 72-million kilowatt hours of energy over the next 20 years, enough to offset more than 3,100 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually.

Part of BSG’s role was to provide energy consulting, construction administration, geotechnical engineering, and site development services that helped bring this project to fruition.

“This is an important milestone for Pocono Raceway and our sport,” said Brandon Igdalsky, President of Pocono Raceway. “Pocono Raceway strongly believes in the NASCAR industry’s commitment to operate in a more environmentally responsible way and is proud to be the first race track to power our sport with clean, renewable sunlight as the world’s largest solar-powered sports facility. This project demonstrates real sustainability and proves that any business that truly wants to go green can do it.”

Pocono International Raceway now has a sustainable source of energy that they can re-sell at a profit to local utilities.

To find out how your company can go green with renewable energy, contact Robert Gerard of BSG at rgerard@birdsall.com.

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