London Stadium set to become ‘greenest sports venue’

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Planning permission has been granted to install 6,500 square metres of solar panels on the London Stadium in east London, which is now home to West Ham United Football Club.

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00:00A solar membrane will soon cover the roof of London's former Olympic Stadium. Planning

00:06permission has been granted to install 6,500 square metres of solar panels on the London

00:14Stadium in East London, which is now home to West Ham United Football Club. The solar

00:19covering, which will be installed by summer 2025, will enable the stadium to save more

00:25than 200 tonnes of carbon emissions a year and generate enough energy to power all the

00:31venue's major events, the London Legacy Development Corporation has said.

00:37Metacabane London's Deputy Mayor for Environment and Energy said the £4.35m project would

00:44make the stadium one of the world's greenest sport and concert venues. Mayor Sadiq Khan's

00:50office has revealed it contributed £45,000 towards a study. For more on this, head to

00:56LondonWorld.com

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