太阳将是2014年国际足联世界杯最大的明星之一，比其85岁的历史上的任何其他世界杯都能更加可再生能源。虽然我们不应该期待任何少于最逼真的世界杯，但考虑到其中一个赞助商就是这样one of the biggest solar panel manufacturers in the world, Yingli Solar.

但是启示录不在那里结束。根据实际行动组织的说法，巴西世界杯将产生比许多竞争国家的太阳能发电。The ‘Poor Peoples’ Energy Outlook report, which shows what is needed to end energy poverty, claims that out of the 32 competing countries, 11 of them produce the same amount of solar energy as Brazil’s national stadium, Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, which produces 2.5MW of solar energy. In comparison, the likes of Croatia, Costa Rica, Uruguay and Bosnia-Herzegovina, produce the same amount of solar power or less.

In keeping with its mission to be the greenest ever World Cup, a number of other stadiums are also getting in on the act. The iconic Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janiero, where the final match of the FIFA World Cup takes place, features a 500kW solar panel system; Mineirão in Belo Horizonte produces 1.4MW, and Arena Pernambuco in Recife is powered by clean energy from a 1MWground mounted solar panel installationwhich comprises of more than 3,650 Yingli Solar panels. Between them, Brazil’s World Cup stadia will produce an impressive 5.4 MW of solar power.

“The organisers and FIFA are to be congratulated for making a considerable financial investment and making this the greenest World Cup in history,” said Practical Action’s CEO Simon Trace.

However Mr Trace said it was “absurd that there has been a greater investment into renewable energy for a single sporting event than in 11 of the countries competing in it.”

“Currently more than one billion people live without access to reliable sources of energy. Without that, people cannot develop and there will always be a substantial proportion of the world’s population living in poverty.”

The 2014 FIFA World Cup starts on Thursday 12th June. In the meantime, see what solar energy can do for you by reading aboutthe costs, savings and benefits of solar panels.

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