Lollapalooza Chicago debuts 100% battery-powered main stage
Lollapalooza Chicago (cap. 115,000), promoted by Live Nation-owned C3 Presents, made significant strides in sustainable live entertainment by powering its main stage entirely on batteries during the weekend (1-5 August 2024). The advancement was achieved through Showpower’s collaboration with CES Power, who together developed a ‘Smart Power Plan’ for the T-Mobile stage using Atlas Copco […]
Lollapalooza To Make History As First Major U.S. Festival To Power Main Stage Solely On Batteries
Showpower Global B.V. is very proud to announce that our CEO and Co-Founder Paul Schurink was chosen to manage the power and energy across all 4 days and nights of Lollapalooza Chicago 2024 ensuring a smooth operation and enabling 80% less running hours of the generators. Making this achievement even more impacting, the innovation was […]
Showpower CEO Paul Schurink and ZAP Concepts Director Rob Scully included in Music Experts & Veterans Advisory Committee
MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative, Coldplay, Warner Music Group, Live Nation & Hope Solutions name over 50 music experts & veterans to advisory committee for report on live music and climate change
Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour Emissions Update – June 3, 2024
We’re very happy to see Coldplay’s latest Tour Emissions Update that direct carbon emissions from the first two years of their tour are 59% less than their previous stadium tour (2016-17), achieving their pledge to reduce direct carbon emissions by at least 50%.
Energy Supply at Champions League Level
A stable energy supply is essential for the appropriate media coverage of major events. The UEFA Technical Services & Overlay Team therefore develops concepts for events such as the recent European Football Championship in Germany or the annual UEFA club competition finals to ensure that these infrastructures are available reliably and securely. Alongside, sustainable developments […]
Free your festival from fossil fuels in 5 steps
There are many international events that are already optimising their energy demands and switching from fossil fuel to renewable and clean energy solutions. And thankfully, there are many more are looking for ways to begin their transition. But what do these renewable and clean energy solutions look like today, and what will they look like […]
Coldplay Music of the Spheres World Tour Emissions Update
Coldplay shared an update on their “Music Of The Spheres Tour,” aiming to make it environmentally beneficial and cut direct carbon emissions by 50%. After the first year, assessed by Prof. John E. Fernandez of MIT, the tour produced 47% less CO2e emissions compared to their last tour. Although they see this as a positive […]
Massive Attack Unleashes Strategy to Cut Carbon Footprint in Music Sector
Massive Attack have released the findings of their partnership with the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, proposing a course of action for the “urgent and significant reassembly” of the music industry to combat the climate crisis. Among the shifts required for “rapidly accelerated” progress are the immediate elimination of private jet use, a switch to electric […]