KAA Gent ready for a green future
Our Belgian member KAA Gent and EnergyVision are joining forces to produce green energy by installing 1.100 solar panels on the roof of their Ghelamco Stadium.
The installation is a technical piece of art (the canopy first had to be completely reinforced, as this part was blown away last year), but above all it is an example for the region. This installation is the start of a broader effort to make KAA Gent more sustainable and will help to reduce the ecological footprint.
A second phase is planned with extra solar panels, there will also be panels installed on the training centre and youth complex of KAA Gent. Furthermore, this season a lot of innovations were implemented regarding greenkeeping in the Ghelamco Arena and preparations were made to also provide charging points that are 100% powered by green energy.
During the realisation of this project, KAA Gent cooperated very closely with the City of Ghent. EnergyVision, A Gent based company, built the installation and will operate it for 15 years. Finally, Vdk bank is co-financing the project. This makes it a 100% local Gent story.
