Phillies go green with ballpark energy

THEY CALL IT "Red Goes Green." What it means is that the Phillies are going to buy their electricity from wind and solar generation as a way to help the environment and provide jobs in the state.

The team has agreed to buy more than 22 million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy credits, matching 100 percent of its electricity usage over two years. The team will get a large chunk of the biggest solar project in Pennsylvania, now under development by Community Energy Inc. in Lancaster County. The Keystone Solar Project is a 6-megawatt ground-mounted plant that will produce about 7.5 million kilowatt hours of electricity annually. It's the equivalent of powering 950 homes or avoiding 4,200 tons of carbon dioxide each year.

The Phillies join Eastern University, the Clean Air Council and Franklin & Marshall College as project sponsors.