SPARK: Clean Temporary Power by 2030 for the TV & Film Industry
SPARK: Clean Temporary Power by 2030 is the industry’s roadmap for a permanent shift to clean solutions for temporary power, developed in 2025 through research and consultation with industry stakeholders’ energy experts and validated by independent experts from Imperial College London (via Imperial Consultants). It is accompanied by an industry Statement of Intent to accelerate sustainable screen production practises in energy use. SPARK lays […]
Seven decision trees for a circular and climate-neutral festival
Festivals are temporary cities. In just a few days, they bring together energy systems, food chains, material flows, water infrastructure, and large-scale mobility. Making these systems circular and climate-neutral is complex, especially under time pressure and within existing constraints such as budgets, regulations, and location-specific circumstances. Organizers constantly balance their ambitions against operational and financial […]
Showpower selected for National Climate Tech Accelerator
Sustainable Ventures and Barclays Eagle Labs announced the launch of The National Climate Tech Accelerator (NCTA), a new programme designed to rapidly scale high-potential climate tech startups across the UK. The initiative unites the UK’s leading growth partner for climatetech startups, Sustainable Ventures, with one of the UK’s largest entrepreneurial networks, Barclays Eagle Labs, to deliver an ecosystem […]
IQ Magazine Global Stadium Report 2025
The Global Stadium Report is the first publication dedicated to global stadium touring worldwide. For artists, promoters, venues and artist managers, this is a great resource to discover innovations and activities across the major stadiums across the world, who are hosting the biggest artists and their stadium shows. As stadium infrastructure, demands for accommodating a […]
We Got The Power: How Venues Are Cutting Emissions Through Operational Improvements
October marking National Energy Awareness Month, as first proclaimed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991, is an opportunity for everyone – including venue operators – to look at practical ways to implement energy-efficient measures year-round. Some may take inspiration from venues like San Francisco’s Chase Center, which was built with sustainability in mind. The […]
UK city Bristol to create clean power hub for major events
Bristol is set to become a pioneer in the provision of renewable grid energy to festivals and other major public events next summer. West of England Mayoral Combined Authority and Bristol City Council have partnered with Act 1.5, the team behind Massive Attack’s groundbreaking Clifton Downs show last year, to create a clean power ‘hub’ for its […]
Coldplay get giddy as they smash Wembley Stadium record
Coldplay celebrated the end of their record-breaking 10-show run at Wembley Stadium with a dazzling, multi-coloured night of musical magic. Playing hits from every era of their 25-year career, they filled the stadium with light, and even indulged themselves with a giddy version of Whitney Houston’s I Wanna Dance With Somebody. “This is the song […]
Sustainability behind the scenes at Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour at Wembley Stadium
This week, Georgina Chapman and Anthony King caught up with Showpower’s Rob Scully and Tim Benson at Wembley Stadium, just ahead of Coldplay’s final and record breaking tenth UK concert. Here Georgina and Anthony saw first hand how the SmartGrid system has been powering Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres World Tour with 100% battery power […]
IQ Magazine says “The appetite for clean, reliable festival power has exploded”
As we have been saying for some time, the interest and engagement around sustainable and renewable power solutions has been on the increase. And IQ Magazine seems to agree. There have been numerous examples of small scale battery systems being implemented at festivals and events, and it seems there will be many more in 2026. […]
How The Music Biz Is Pioneering Energy Systems To Help During Natural Disasters
David Koenig, Program Director for the Music Sustainability Alliance highlights some very important progress that is being made in the world for power for events, including Showpower’s SmartGrid battery system, and how these innovations are benefitting other industries and sectors such as disaster response and temporary power applications.