Hope Solutions and The Noise We Make with Paul Schurink Co-Founder of Showpower Global B.V.
What if the biggest shift in live events isn’t visible on stage, but happening behind the scenes? Showpower’s Paul Schurink is rethinking how live events are powered from the ground up. For decades, temporary power has been treated as a last-minute logistical decision — oversized systems, diesel dependency, and inefficiencies built in by default. Paul […]
Ultra Music Festival and Showpower make electronic festival history with battery-powered stage
The flashing lights and pulsating beats at Ultra Music Festival at Miami’s Bayfront Park will for the first time be powered by Showpower’s SmartGrid battery system. As the music festival kicks off this year it makes history, not for its music, but for sustainability. For the last 6 years Showpower have worked with Ultra Music […]
Ultra Music Festival to debut SmartGrid battery-powered stage in Miami this week
The RESISTANCE Cove Stage will run entirely on zero-emission power Ultra Music Festival will debut its first battery-powered stage this week, continuing its pursuit of becoming a more sustainably minded event. The RESISTANCE Cove Stage will be powered by the zero-emission Showpower SmartGrid™ battery system, and form part of Ultra’s Mission: Home sustainability initiative, which aims […]
Festival Republic claim ‘UK first’ with sustainability win installing mains grid connection at Finsbury Park
Live Nation’s Festival Republic and Haringey Council will bring mains electricity to Finsbury Park in bid to reduce carbon emissions, setting a precedent for UK festival organisers and venue owners across the country. In a UK-first, Festival Republic is installing new, purpose-built mains power supply in Finsbury Park as part of the push to reduce […]
The Most Sustainable Stadiums Across America
As sports organizations, promoters, owners and venues take up more sustainability initiatives, carbon emissions are reducing. The stadiums are at the forefront of this movement as teams continue to update systems to make them cleaner, more efficient and utilising the most innovative and up-to-date technologies that can future-proof them for the next decades.. This article […]
Designing a Sustainable Energy Future for MDLBEAST Soundstorm
For decades, large-scale events have relied on diesel generators because they are familiar and trusted. And when considering a transition, change must be approached carefully, with detailed planning, measurement, and collaboration. But there is also a very real perception challenge. Production teams have only experienced years of increasing costs across every area of delivery, and […]
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 […]