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December 2008 - Tampa Electric Company (TECO) announced that it will provide green power for 100% of the electricity needs of Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009. Under the agreement, TECO will supply Florida-based renewable energy for the game at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, as well as the five-day NFL Experience festival, for a total of 187,000 kWh. The renewable energy will be sourced in part from biomass and solar power. The purchase was made possible by state regulators’ recent approval of a new offering that allows TECO to sell blocks of renewable energy to customers for one-time events.
To help offset the game’s carbon impact, the National Football League (NFL) will also plant 2,700 trees at a dozen sites in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the Florida Division of Wildlife, and the Florida Division of Forestry. The NFL’s environmental program began in 1992 with recycling and has expanded to include green power and urban forestry.
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January 2008 - Salt River Project (SRP) announced that it will provide green power for 100% of the electricity needs of Super Bowl XLII. Under the agreement, SRP will supply renewable energy for the game at the University of Phoenix Stadium as well as the NFL Experience Football Theme Park. In addition, the Fox Broadcasting Company, which will broadcast the game, will purchase renewable energy for two hotels where the network will be hosting individuals participating in the event.
The National Football League and the Arizona Super Bowl XLII Host Committee also announced that they are working with local, state and national partners to plant trees on 96 acres of land devastated by recent wild fires in an effort to green the event.
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November 2007 - Constellation New Energy has entered into an agreement to provide green power for Gillette Stadium, home to the New England Patriots football team. Under a four-year agreement, Constellation New Energy will provide a total of about 2.4 million kWh of renewable-energy certificates (RECs) sourced from wind farms to match the electricity needs of the stadium, including the lights, scoreboard and concession stands.
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April 2007 - The Philadelphia Eagles football organization announced that it will reimburse its employees living in the Philadelphia region and New Jersey who purchase wind energy. The announcement came at the 2007 NFL Business Summit at which the Eagles were to present its Go Green campaign as part of a program for NFL team representatives to share best practices in the areas of business, marketing, and community relations. The program is being conducted in conjunction with PECO and the company's PECO WIND green power program.
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January 2007 - Sterling Planet, Inc. announced a partnership with the National Football League (NFL) Environmental Program and Florida Power & Light (FPL) to make Super Bowl XLI and the NFL Experience Football Theme Park both 100% renewable energy events. Although this will be the third "carbon-neutral" Super Bowl, it is the first Super Bowl to use 100% renewable energy. Sterling Planet will supply renewable energy certificates (RECs) from Florida-based solar and bioenergy sources to indirectly offset greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with conventional electricity consumption at the events.
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