NRG Energy and MGM this week announced the completion of an expansion of the rooftop PV system atop the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, which, at 8.3MW, is now the largest ever built in the US. On a sunny afternoon, the array is capable of generating one quarter of the electricity needed to run the entire Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino campus – or enough to power 1,340 average US homes.
NRG brings largest US rooftop solar system online in Las Vegas
MGM Resorts International has expanded the rooftop solar array on its Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas to become the largest in the country, as the casino operator prepares to make a final decision on whether to cut ties with the local monopoly utility and buy its own power – much of it renewable – on the open market.
6 July 2016 14:19 GMT
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25 October 2016 16:00 GMT
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