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Powering a Sporting Nation: Rooftop Solar Potential for Australian Soccer D Contents Powering a sporting nation: Rooftop solar potential for Australian soccer d Contents INTRODUCTION ...............................................................................................................................1 FOOTBALL AUSTRALIA (FA) ...................................................................................................3 STATE FOOTBALL FEDERATIONS SUMMARY RESULTS ........................................4 Football NSW ................................................................................................................................6 Northern NSW Football ............................................................................................................7 Football Victoria ...........................................................................................................................8 Football Queensland .................................................................................................................9 Football South Australia ........................................................................................................10 Football West ............................................................................................................................... 12 Football Northern Territory ................................................................................................. 13 Football Tasmania .....................................................................................................................14 Capital Football .......................................................................................................................... 15 REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY FOOTBALL ...................................................................16 METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................... 17 Analysis of solar potential and energy generation ...............................................18 Carbon and equivalency metrics ....................................................................................19 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................20 Authors ........................................................................................................................................... 21 Cover. Australia plays USA Tournament of Nations game, 2018. Photo: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.com Powering a sporting nation part 3 Introduction Nearly 2 million Australian adults and In January 2020, Football Australia (FA) convened children played football (association football a National Bushfires Working Group 5, with a or soccer) in 2019[1], giving the sport the focus on raising money for first responders and highest participation of Australia’s football to rebuild communities, but with no mention of codes. But, as climate change brings the contribution made by climate change to the increasing extreme temperatures and bigger, scale of the devastation. Similarly, climate change, more frequent and more intense bushfires, it carbon emissions or environmental sustainability will affect the enjoyment of participants and do not appear in the FA’s 2020 Annual Review [1] and, although some of the state football federations spectators alike. have installed solar photovoltaics (PV) on some Football was significantly impacted by 2019-20 of their buildings (as described below), there is a bushfires, with high level games postponed due lack of any coherent plan to make the sport more to poor air quality caused by bushfire smoke 1 sustainable. and community clubs advised to replace games Internationally, many football clubs are showing 2 and training sessions with indoor activities . At more leadership in the fight against climate change. the peak of the fire season, playing football in In the UK, Forest Green Rovers has been certified Australia was likened by Sydney FC’s Alexander by the UN’s “Climate Neutral Now” initiative 6 3 Baumjohann to “smoking 50 cigarettes a day” . as carbon neutral across all its operations and The physiological effects of playing or training in has been fully powered by Green Energy since bushfire smoke, particularly when exacerbated by 2011, including 180 rooftop solar panels that high temperatures and humidity, are described on provides 10% of the club’s electricity use 7. In Football NSW’s website: Spain, Juventas and Real Betis have also joined the “When these fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs, UN initiative offsetting 100% of their scope 1 and the consequences can be more severe and may trigger scope 2 emissions. Real Betis has also launched the asthma and other respiratory ailments. In more serious “Forever Green” sustainability platform and plans cases, particularly where chronic pre-conditions exist, to install solar on Benito Villamarín Stadium8, this can aggravate heart and lung conditions resulting recognising football as “a worldwide loudspeaker and in cardiac arrest or heart failure.” 4 we see it as a great opportunity to create conscience about environmental problems.“ 1 https://www.reuters.com/article/ 5 https://www.a-league.com.au/news/football-federation-australia- australia-bushfires-sport-idINKBN1Z809G convenes-national-bushfires-working-group 2 https://footballnsw.com.au/2019/11/21/the-impact-of-poor-air-quality- 6 https://unfccc.int/climate-action/climate-neutral-now and-high-temperatures-on-the-football-player/ 7 S. Morris, “Forest Green Rovers named world’s first UN certified 3 https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/aleague- carbon-neutral football club”, The Guardian, https://www. news-australian-bushfires-alexander-baumjohann-sydney- theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/30/forest-green-rovers-named- fc-playing-conditions-fires-smoke-latest-updates/news-story/ worlds-first-un-certified-carbon-neutral-football-club a40bbb38ca09f198bfc579bd42f6e549 8 https://www.laliga.com/en-GB/news/real-betis-launches-forever- 4 https://footballnsw.com.au/2019/11/21/the-impact-of-poor-air-quality- green-a-sustainability-platform-for-companies-through-football and-high-temperatures-on-the-football-player/ 1 Powering a sporting nation part 3 In the Netherlands, the Johan Cruyff Stadium has Moreover, the federations produce guidelines for, installed 4,200 lightweight, thin film solar panels and direct strategic funding towards, development and 2.8 MWh of battery storage 9. In Germany, of community football facilities, providing the 1270 kW of solar installed by Werder Bremen an opportunity to drive deployment of solar generates good will and great publicity as well as generation and energy efficiency infrastructure enough energy to power 400-500 homes 10. throughout every Australian community. In general, the best financial returns for rooftop This report explores the possibilities for solar solar are achieved by consuming as much of installations on football infrastructure throughout the generated electricity as possible on site. In Australia, with a focus on the headquarters of the a football stadium, powering floodlights for state football federations. evening matches is challenging without battery storage, but some venues have significant daytime consumption, including lighting, heating and cooling for offices, clubrooms and other facilities. Not all commercial electricity tariffs include a feed- in-tariff (FiT) – payment for electricity exported to the grid – so solar systems on commercial properties are often designed to avoid any export. However, large commercial customers are in a strong position to negotiate a tariff structure that enables them to enjoy the full value of their At the peak of the fire solar system, exporting during the day and offsetting the export payment against their evening season, playing football consumption. in Australia was likened Football Australia and the state and territory Football Federations don’t have direct influence by Sydney FC’s Alexander over football stadia, but most own or operate Baumjohann to “smoking training facilities as well as their administrative headquarters. The potential solar systems installed 50 cigarettes a day" d on the rooftops of these facilities, as described in this report, would generate relatively modest amounts of electricity, but could send a clear message about the urgency of climate action through the Australian football community. 9 https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/07/ netherlands-football-johan-cruijff-stadium-electric-car-batteries/ 10 https://enviropaul.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/ bremens-solar-stadium/ 2 Powering a sporting nation part 3 Football Australia (FA) As Australia does not have a dedicated national W-league are no longer under FA’s governance. stadium, the national teams, the Socceroos and FA’s administrative base is at One Oxford Street the Matildas, play at different stadia across the in Sydney, a multi-occupancy office building country, including Stadium Australia, Hunter owned by Memocorp. Like most high-rise office Stadium and the Marvel Stadium. Football buildings, the solar generation potential of the Australia (formerly Football Federation Australia), roof area is small compared to the electricity whose membership comprises the various state consumption of the buildings, but Figure 1 shows and territory football federations, is the governing the modest 41 kW solar system that could be body for men’s and women’s football in Australia, hosted on the building. although the professional A-League and women’s
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